Nouns:
* Definition: Words that name people, places, things, or ideas.
* Examples:
* People: John, teacher, student, neighbor
* Places: school, park, city, ocean
* Things: book, phone, table, rain
* Ideas: love, happiness, freedom, justice
Pronouns:
* Definition: Words that stand in for nouns. They are used to avoid repetition of the noun.
* Examples:
* Personal Pronouns: I, you, he, she, it, we, they
* Possessive Pronouns: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs
* Reflexive Pronouns: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves
* Demonstrative Pronouns: this, that, these, those
* Interrogative Pronouns: who, whom, whose, what, which
Key Differences:
* Purpose: Nouns are the "name tags" of things, while pronouns are the "substitutes."
* Function: Nouns usually serve as the subject or object of a sentence, while pronouns can take on various grammatical roles.
* Repetition: Pronouns are used to avoid repeating nouns.
Example:
* Noun: "The dog barked at the cat."
* Pronoun: "The dog barked at it." (The pronoun "it" replaces the noun "cat".)
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