The difference between Individual and Personal
When used as nouns, individual means a person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people, whereas personal means an advertisement by which individuals attempt to meet others with similar interests.
When used as adjectives, individual means relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one, whereas personal means pertaining to human beings as distinct from things.
check bellow for the other definitions of Individual and Personal
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Individual as a noun:
A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people.
Examples:
"He is an unusual individual."
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Individual as a noun (legal):
A single physical human being as a legal subject, as opposed to a legal person such as a corporation.
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Individual as a noun:
An object, be it a thing or an agent, as contrasted to a class.
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Individual as a noun (statistics):
An element belonging to a population.
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Individual as an adjective:
Relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one.
Examples:
"As we can't print them all together, the individual pages will have to be printed one by one."
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Individual as an adjective:
Intended for a single person as opposed to more than one person.
Examples:
"'individual personal pension; individual cream cakes"
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Individual as an adjective:
Not divisible without losing its identity.
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Personal as an adjective:
Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things.
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Personal as an adjective:
Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals; peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or general
Examples:
"'personal question; personal desire"
"Her song was her personal look at the values of friendship."
"You can't read my diary - it is personal."
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Personal as an adjective:
Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal.
Examples:
"'personal charms"
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Personal as an adjective:
Done in person; without the intervention of another.
Examples:
"a personal interview; personal settings"
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Personal as an adjective:
Relating to an individual, their character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner
Examples:
"personal reflections or remarks"
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Personal as an adjective (grammar):
Denoting a person.
Examples:
"a [[personal pronoun personal pronoun]]"
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Personal as a noun:
An advertisement by which individuals attempt to meet others with similar interests.
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Personal as a noun:
A movable; a chattel.