The difference between Individual and Sundry

When used as nouns, individual means a person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people, whereas sundry means a minor miscellaneous item.

When used as adjectives, individual means relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one, whereas sundry means separate.

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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. Sundry as an adjective (obsolete):

    Separate; distinct; diverse.

  2. Sundry as an adjective (obsolete):

    Individual; one for each.

  3. Sundry as an adjective:

    Several; diverse; more than one or two; various.

  4. Sundry as an adjective:

    Consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds; miscellaneous.

  1. Sundry as a noun (usually, in the plural):

    A minor miscellaneous item.

  2. Sundry as a noun (in the plural, accounting):

    A category for irregular or miscellaneous items not otherwise classified.

  3. Sundry as a noun (usually, in the plural, cricket, chiefly, Australia):

    An extra.

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