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wight vs person

person vs wight

wight and person both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
wight Yes No No No
person Yes No No No
As nouns, person is a hypernym of wight; that is, person is a word with a broader meaning than wight:
  • wight: a living being
  • person: a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential
Other hypernyms of wight include individual, mortal, somebody, someone, soul.
wight (noun) person (noun)
a living being 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 wight and person

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