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person vs relative

relative vs person

person and relative both are nouns.

person is not an adjective while relative is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
person Yes No No No
relative Yes Yes No No
As nouns, relative is a hyponym of person; that is, relative 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
  • relative: a person related by blood or marriage
person (noun) relative (noun)
a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
a human body (usually including the clothing) a person related by blood or marriage
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) relative (adjective)
estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete
properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'
Difference between person and relative

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