Difference between Person and Somebody

What is the difference between Person and Somebody?

Person as a noun is a human being; an individual. while Somebody as a noun is some unspecified person.

Person

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A human being; an individual. A specific human being. The physical body of a specific human being. Any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts. A linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and those to whom or about whom he is speaking. See grammatical person.

Example sentence: A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.

Somebody

Part of speech: pronoun

Definition: Some unspecified person.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A recognised person, a celebrity.

Example sentence: A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did.

We hope you now know whether to use Person or Somebody in your sentence.

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