personnel vs staff

staff vs personnel

personnel and staff both are nouns.

personnel is not a verb while staff is a verb.

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

As nouns, staff is a hyponym of personnel; that is, staff is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than personnel:

personnel: group of people willing to obey orders
staff: personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task

Other hyponyms of personnel include guerilla force, guerrilla force, armed service, military service, service, armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine, paramilitary, paramilitary force, paramilitary organisation, paramilitary organization, paramilitary unit, constabulary, law, police, police force, private security force, security force, military police, MP, hands, manpower, men, work force, workforce, patrol, military personnel, soldiery, troops, rank, rank and file, line personnel, management personnel.

personnel (noun)	staff (noun)
group of people willing to obey orders	a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose
the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management	(music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
	a rod carried as a symbol
	the body of teachers and administrators at a school
	personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task
	building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration

personnel (verb)	staff (verb)
	provide with staff
	serve on the staff of

Difference between personnel and staff

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