Persons vs Personas - What's the difference?
persons | personas |
; 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 —
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As nouns the difference between persons and personas
is that persons is plural of lang=en; used to refer to them individually, rather than as a group. Contrast {{term|people|lang=en}} while personas is plural of lang=en.persons
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(head) (p)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.
Charles T. Ambrose
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.}}