personnel vs personal

personnel

Definitions

noun

  1. group of people willing to obey orders
  2. the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management

Examples

Christie knows that the continuity in playing personnel is a major strength and it's not one he plans to undermine with a cut-price garage sale.

Whether Mr. Johnson was speaking metaphorically or just plain sillily, the fact he was expressing concern over adding many US military personnel to a small island displays concern for the overall impact on the Guamites … Guamians … Guamicans, hell just what does one call a resident of Guam?

Personnel from HMAS Anzac set off to do a tour of Egypt while the ship is anchored near the entrance to the Suez Canal.

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personal

Definitions

adjective

  1. particular to a given individual
  2. indicating grammatical person
  3. intimately concerning a person's body or physical being
  4. of or arising from personality
  5. concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality

noun

  1. a short newspaper article about a particular person or group

Examples

When I looked at the chart a second time, I saw that there was a lot Michael had left out of his personal history; specifically, IVDU—intravenous drug use—dating back ten years, and a major depression that had led to a psychiatric hospitalization and ECT, electroconvulsive therapy.

Naturally, this makes interpersonal relations, especially with societies unexposed to the advantages of the American lifestyle, a little difficult.

Jim Devine said the £2326 of "joinery" was for storing personal and party political material in a pub cellar he was renting.

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