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Men vs Persons - What's the difference?

men | persons |

As a proper noun men

is a god once worshipped in the western interior parts of anatolia, and associated with lunar symbolism.

As a noun persons is

; used to refer to them individually, rather than as a group contrast people.

men

English

Noun

(head)
  • (man)
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  • *:This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.Indeed, all his features were in large mold, like the man himself, as though he had come from a day when skin garments made the proper garb of men .
  • (lb) (The) people, humanity.
  • Derived terms

    * man among men

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    persons

    English

    Noun

    (head) (p)
  • ; used to refer to them individually, rather than as a group. Contrast people.
  • * 2007 May 14: The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor, Current Population Survey Frequently Asked Questions — Question 5: “Who is counted as unemployed?”
  • Persons are classified as unemployed if they do not have a job, have actively looked for work in the prior 4 weeks, and are currently available for work.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Charles T. Ambrose
  • , title= Alzheimer’s Disease , volume=101, issue=3, page=200, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems— […]. Such a slow-release device containing angiogenic factors could be placed on the pia mater covering the cerebral cortex and tested in persons with senile dementia in long term studies.}}

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