staff vs personnel

personnel vs staff

staff and personnel both are nouns.

staff is a verb but personnel is not a verb.

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

As nouns, personnel is a hypernym of staff; that is, personnel is a word with a broader meaning than staff:

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

Other hypernyms of staff include force.

staff (noun)	personnel (noun)
a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose	group of people willing to obey orders
(music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written	the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management
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

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

Difference between staff and personnel

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