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self vs person

person vs self

self and person both are nouns.

self is an adjective but person is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
self Yes Yes No No
person Yes No No No
As nouns, person is a hypernym of self; that is, person is a word with a broader meaning than self:
  • self: a person considered as a unique individual
  • person: a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential
Other hypernyms of self include individual, mortal, somebody, someone, soul.
self (noun) person (noun)
your consciousness of your own identity a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential
a person considered as a unique individual 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
self (adjective) person (adjective)
(used as a combining form) relating to--of or by or to or from or for--the self
Difference between self and person

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