Individual vs. Entity
Individualnoun
A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people.
Individualnoun
(legal) A single physical human being as a legal subject, as opposed to a legal person such as a corporation.
Individualnoun
An object, be it a thing or an agent, as contrasted to a class.
Individualnoun
(statistics) An element belonging to a population.
Individualadjective
Relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one.
Individualadjective
Intended for a single person as opposed to more than one person.
Individualadjective
Not divisible without losing its identity.
Individualadjective
Not divided, or not to be divided; existing as one entity, or distinct being or object; single; one; as, an individual man, animal, or city.
Individualadjective
Of or pertaining to one only; peculiar to, or characteristic of, a single person or thing; distinctive; as, individual traits of character; individual exertions; individual peculiarities.
Individualnoun
A single person, animal, or thing of any kind; a thing or being incapable of separation or division, without losing its identity; especially, a human being; a person.
Individualnoun
An independent, or partially independent, zooid of a compound animal.
Individualnoun
a human being;
Individualnoun
a single organism
Individualadjective
being or characteristic of a single thing or person;
Individualadjective
separate and distinct from others of the same kind;
Individualadjective
characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing;
Individualadjective
concerning one person exclusively;
Individualadjective
single; separate
Individualadjective
of or for a particular person
Individualadjective
designed for use by one person
Individualadjective
characteristic of a particular person or thing
Individualadjective
having a striking or unusual character; original
Individualnoun
a single human being as distinct from a group
Individualnoun
a single member of a class
Individualnoun
a person of a specified kind
Individualnoun
a distinctive or original person.
Individual
An individual is that which exists as a distinct entity. Individuality (or self-hood) is the state or quality of being an individual; particularly (in the case of humans) of being a person unique from other people and possessing one's own needs or goals, rights and responsibilities.
Entitynoun
That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit. Often used for organisations which have no physical form.
Entitynoun
The existence of something considered apart from its properties.
Entitynoun
(databases) Anything about which information or data can be stored in a database; in particular, an organised array or set of individual elements or parts.
Entitynoun
The state or quality of being or existence.
Entitynoun
A real being, whether in thought (as an ideal conception) or in fact; being; essence; existence.
Entitynoun
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)
Entitynoun
a thing with distinct and independent existence
Entitynoun
existence; being
