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person vs person of colour

person of colour vs person

person and person of colour both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
person Yes No No No
person of colour Yes No No No
As nouns, person of colour is a hyponym of person; that is, person of colour 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 colour: (formal) any non-European non-white person
person (noun) person of colour (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 colour

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