Individual vs. Singular
Difference Between Individual and Singular
Individualnoun
A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people.
He is an unusual individual.Singularadjective
Being only one of a larger population.
A singular experiment cannot be regarded as scientific proof of the existence of a phenomenon.Individualnoun
(legal) A single physical human being as a legal subject, as opposed to a legal person such as a corporation.
Singularadjective
Being the only one of the kind; unique.
She has a singular personality.Individualnoun
An object, be it a thing or an agent, as contrasted to a class.
Singularadjective
Distinguished by superiority: peerless, unmatched, eminent, exceptional, extraordinary.
a man of singular gravity or attainmentsIndividualnoun
(statistics) An element belonging to a population.
Singularadjective
Out of the ordinary; curious.
It was very singular; I don't know why he did it.Individualadjective
Relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one.
As we can't print them all together, the individual pages will have to be printed one by one.Singularadjective
(grammar) Referring to only one thing or person.
Individualadjective
Intended for a single person as opposed to more than one person.
individual personal pension; individual cream cakesSingularadjective
Having no inverse.
Individualadjective
Not divisible without losing its identity.
Singularadjective
Having the property that the matrix of coefficients of the new variables has a determinant equal to zero.
Individualnoun
a human being;
there was too much for one person to doSingularadjective
Not equal to its own cofinality.
Individualnoun
a single organism
Singularadjective
(law) Each; individual.
to convey several parcels of land, all and singularIndividualadjective
being or characteristic of a single thing or person;
individual drops of rainplease mark the individual pagesthey went their individual waysSingularadjective
(obsolete) Engaged in by only one on a side; single.
Individualadjective
separate and distinct from others of the same kind;
mark the individual pageson a case-by-case basisSingularnoun
(grammar) A form of a word that refers to only one person or thing.
Individualadjective
characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing;
an individual servingseparate roomssingle occupancya single bedSingularnoun
(logic) That which is not general; a specific determinate instance.
Individualadjective
concerning one person exclusively;
we all have individual carseach room has a private bathSingularnoun
the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton
Singularadjective
unusual or striking;
a remarkable sightsuch poise is singular in one so youngSingularadjective
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected;
a curious hybrid accenther speech has a funny twangthey have some funny ideas about warhad an odd namethe peculiar aromatic odor of clovessomething definitely queer about this townwhat a rum fellowsingular behaviorSingularadjective
being a single and separate person or thing;
can the singular person be understood apart from his culture?every fact in the world might be singular...unlike any other fact and sole of its kindSingularadjective
grammatical number category referring to a single item or unit
Singularadjective
the single one of its kind;
a singular examplethe unique existing example of Donne's handwritinga unique copy of an ancient manuscriptcertain types of problems have unique solutions
