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person vs female

female vs person

person and female both are nouns.

person is not an adjective while female is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
person Yes No No No
female Yes Yes No No
As nouns, female is a hyponym of person; that is, female is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than person:
  • person: a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential
  • female: a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies
person (noun) female (noun)
a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)
a human body (usually including the clothing) a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies
a grammatical category used in the classification of pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms according to whether they indicate the speaker, the addressee, or a third party
person (adjective) female (adjective)
being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop
for or pertaining to or composed of women or girls
characteristic of or peculiar to a woman
Difference between person and female

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