simple vs individual

individual vs simple

simple and individual both are nouns.

simple and individual both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
simple	Yes	Yes	No	No
individual	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, individual is a hypernym of simple; that is, individual is a word with a broader meaning than simple:

simple: a person lacking intelligence or common sense
individual: a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential

Other hypernyms of simple include mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul.

simple (noun)	individual (noun)
a person lacking intelligence or common sense	a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential
any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties	a single organism

simple (adjective)	individual (adjective)
(botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions	being or characteristic of a single thing or person
having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved	separate and distinct from others of the same kind
easy and not involved or complicated	concerning one person exclusively
exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity	characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing
unornamented
lacking mental capacity and subtlety
apart from anything else; without additions or modifications

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