sick person vs patient

patient vs sick person

sick person and patient both are nouns.

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

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

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

sick person: a person suffering from an illness
patient: a person who requires medical care

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, mongoloid, monomaniac, narcoleptic, neurasthenic, mental case, neurotic, psychoneurotic, psycho, psychotic, psychotic person, rheumatic, syphilitic, valetudinarian, spewer, vomiter.

sick person (noun)	patient (noun)
a person suffering from an illness	the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
	a person who requires medical care

sick person (adjective)	patient (adjective)
	enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance

Difference between sick person and patient

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