personnel vs department

department vs personnel

personnel and department both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
personnel	Yes	No	No	No
department	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, department is a hypernym of personnel; that is, department is a word with a broader meaning than personnel:

personnel: the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management
department: a specialized division of a large organization

Other hypernyms of personnel include section.

personnel (noun)	department (noun)
group of people willing to obey orders	a specialized sphere of knowledge
the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management	a specialized division of a large organization
	the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)

Difference between personnel and department

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