sick person vs mongoloid

mongoloid vs sick person

sick person and mongoloid both are nouns.

sick person is not an adjective while mongoloid is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sick person	Yes	No	No	No
mongoloid	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, mongoloid is a hyponym of sick person; that is, mongoloid is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sick person:

sick person: a person suffering from an illness
mongoloid: a person suffering from Down syndrome (no longer used technically in this sense, now considered offensive)

Other hyponyms of sick person include anorectic, anorexic, bulimic, consumptive, lunger, tubercular, convalescent, depressive, diabetic, dyspeptic, epileptic, bleeder, haemophile, haemophiliac, hemophile, hemophiliac, incurable, insomniac, sleepless person, invalid, shut-in, lazar, leper, lunatic, maniac, manic-depressive, monomaniac, narcoleptic, neurasthenic, mental case, neurotic, psychoneurotic, patient, psycho, psychotic, psychotic person, rheumatic, syphilitic, valetudinarian, spewer, vomiter.

sick person (noun)	mongoloid (noun)
a person suffering from an illness	a person suffering from Down syndrome (no longer used technically in this sense, now considered offensive)

sick person (adjective)	mongoloid (adjective)
	(offensive) of or relating to or suffering from Down syndrome
	characteristic of or resembling a Mongol

Difference between sick person and mongoloid

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