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person vs person of color

person of color vs person

person and person of color both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
person Yes No No No
person of color Yes No No No
As nouns, person of color is a hyponym of person; that is, person of color 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
  • person of color: (formal) any non-European non-white person
person (noun) person of color (noun)
a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential (formal) any non-European non-white person
a human body (usually including the clothing)
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
Difference between person and person of color

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