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Somebody vs Respondent - What's the difference?

somebody | respondent |

As nouns the difference between somebody and respondent

is that somebody is a recognised person, a celebrity while respondent is (legal) person who answers for the defendant in a case before a court in some legal systems, when one appeals a criminal case, one names the original court as defendant, but the state is the respondent.

As a pronoun somebody

is some unspecified person.

As an adjective respondent is

disposed or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding.

somebody

English

Pronoun

(English Pronouns)
  • Some unspecified person.
  • * Logically related to everybody and nobody. Becomes nobody via negation.

    • Synonyms

    * someone

    Related terms

    * nobody * everybody * anybody * somewhere * something

    Noun

    (somebodies)
  • A recognised person, a celebrity.
    • I'm tired of being a nobody - I want to be a somebody .
    English compound determinatives English indefinite pronouns English third person pronouns

    respondent

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (legal) person who answers for the defendant in a case before a court. In some legal systems, when one appeals a criminal case, one names the original court as defendant, but the state is the respondent.
  • One who responds. See also correspondent.
  • Person that participates in research involving questionnaires.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • Wealth respondent to payment and contributions.
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