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third person vs person

person vs third person

third person and person both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
third person Yes No No No
person Yes No No No
As nouns, person is a hypernym of third person; that is, person is a word with a broader meaning than third person:
  • third person: pronouns and verbs that are used to refer to something other than the speaker or addressee of the language in which they occur
  • person: 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
third person (noun) person (noun)
pronouns and verbs that are used to refer to something other than the speaker or addressee of the language in which they occur a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential
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
Difference between third person and person

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