someone vs somebody

someone

Definitions

noun

  1. a human being

Examples

Not bad for someone who failed to shine at school and feared he would end up in a coalyard.

I used to think the worst feeling was losing someone you love. But, I was wrong. The worst feeling is the moment you have lost yourself.

Someone who really wanted to stop unsanctioned immigration would begin here, by busting the small contractors who employ these workers on a contingent basis.

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somebody

Definitions

noun

  1. a human being

Examples

Instead, go to the departure area of the airport and pick up a taxi that has just dropped somebody.

Somebody comes forward, examines, and then draws from out the grave, where it has lain, directly under the body, a knife -- a knife of peculiar shape and workmanship -- a long, keen, _surgeon's knife_!

There is a moral crime of the highest order being committed, and somebody is morally responsible.

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