Member vs Individual - What's the difference?
member | individual |
One who officially belongs to a group.
A part of a whole.
* 1979 , Kenneth J. Englund, "The Mississippian and Pennsylvanian (Carbonfierous) Systems in the United States - Virginia",
Part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office; an organ; a limb.
* Bible, Rom. xii. 4
The penis.
(logic) One of the propositions making up a syllogism.
(set theory) An element of a set.
(computing, programming) In object-oriented programming, a function or piece of data associated with each separate instance of a class.
(AU, law) the judge or adjudicator in a consumer court.
A part of a discourse or of a period, sentence, or verse; a clause.
(math) Either of the two parts of an algebraic equation, connected by the equality sign.
(obsolete) To remember.
(obsolete) To cause to remember; to mention.
(Webster 1913)
1000 English basic words
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A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people.
(legal) A single physical human being as a legal subject, as opposed to a legal person such as a corporation.
* 1982 , Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms :
An object, be it a thing or an agent, as contrasted to a class.
* {{quote-book, year=2006, chapter=Identity and Individuality in Quantum Theory, title=Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, author=Steven French
, passage=It is typically held that chairs, trees, rocks, people and many of the so-called ‘everyday’ objects we encounter can be regarded as individuals .}}
* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author=
, title= (lb) An element belonging to a population.
Relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838, page=71, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= Intended for a single person as opposed to more than one person.
As nouns the difference between member and individual
is that member is member (person) while individual is a person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people.As an adjective individual is
relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one.member
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) membre, from (etyl) membre, from (etyl) . Coexists with native (etyl) lim, ).Alternative forms
* membre (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- The I-beams were to become structural members of a pedestrian bridge.
Page C-14, in Geological Survey Professional Paper , Volume 1110
- The member' intertongues and grades laterally with the lower sandstone ' member of the Pocahontas Formation of Early Pennslyvanian age
- We have many members' in one body, and all ' members have not the same office.
Synonyms
* (limb) limb, lith * (penis) penis, pintle * (of a syllogism) premise, premiss * (of a set) elementDerived terms
* crewmember * dismember * male member * member of staff * membershipDescendants
* Japanese:Etymology 2
See remember.Verb
(en verb)individual
English
Alternative forms
* individuall (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination […].
citation
Katrina G. Claw
Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm, volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual .}}
Adjective
(en adjective)End of the peer show, passage=Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend.}}