The difference between Individual and Singular

When used as nouns, individual means a person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people, whereas singular means a form of a word that refers to only one person or thing.

When used as adjectives, individual means relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one, whereas singular means being only one of a larger population.

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  1. Individual as a noun:

    A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people.

    Examples:

    "He is an unusual individual."

  2. Individual as a noun (legal):

    A single physical human being as a legal subject, as opposed to a legal person such as a corporation.

  3. Individual as a noun:

    An object, be it a thing or an agent, as contrasted to a class.

  4. Individual as a noun (statistics):

    An element belonging to a population.

  1. 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."

  2. Individual as an adjective:

    Intended for a single person as opposed to more than one person.

    Examples:

    "'individual personal pension; individual cream cakes"

  3. Individual as an adjective:

    Not divisible without losing its identity.

  1. Singular as an adjective:

    Being only one of a larger population.

    Examples:

    "A singular experiment cannot be regarded as scientific proof of the existence of a phenomenon."

  2. Singular as an adjective:

    Being the only one of the kind; unique.

    Examples:

    "She has a singular personality."

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  3. Singular as an adjective:

    Distinguished by superiority; eminent; extraordinary; exceptional.

    Examples:

    "a man of singular gravity or attainments"

  4. Singular as an adjective:

    Out of the ordinary; curious.

    Examples:

    "It was very singular; I don't know why he did it."

  5. Singular as an adjective (grammar):

    Referring to only one thing or person.

  6. Singular as an adjective (linear algebra, of matrix):

    Having no inverse.

  7. Singular as an adjective (linear algebra, of transformation):

    Having the property that the matrix of coefficients of the new variables has a determinant equal to zero.

  8. Singular as an adjective (set theory, of a cardinal number):

    Not equal to its own .

  9. Singular as an adjective (legal):

    Each; individual.

    Examples:

    "to convey several parcels of land, all and singular"

  10. Singular as an adjective (obsolete):

    Engaged in by only one on a side; single.

  1. Singular as a noun (grammar):

    A form of a word that refers to only one person or thing.

  2. Singular as a noun (logic):

    That which is not general; a specific determinate instance.

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