What is the difference between Personal and Personnel?

b1-intermediate

Personal

adjective

Definition

Relating to one's private life, relationships, and emotions.

Examples

Please keep this information [personal].

He took a [personal] day off work.

Personnel

noun

Definition

People employed in an organization or engaged in an organized undertaking.

Examples

All [personnel] are required to attend the meeting.

The company is hiring new [personnel].

Tags

similar-spelling sound-similar

Practice Quiz

Question 1: All company ___ are required to attend the annual meeting.

personal personnel

Question 2: Please don't ask me about my ___ life.

personal personnel

Question 3: The Human Resources department is responsible for hiring new ___.

personal personnel

Question 4: He took a ___ day off for a doctor's appointment.

personal personnel

Question 5: Which word refers to the employees of a company?

personal personnel

Question 6: She kept a ___ journal to record her thoughts.

personal personnel

Question 7: A memo was sent to all military ___ about the upcoming inspection.

personal personnel

Question 8: Which sentence is correct?

The manager praised his personnel for their excellent work. My personnel opinion is that we should wait. All the personal were evacuated from the building. Please don't read my personnel emails.

Question 9: Which word is an adjective that means 'private' or 'relating to a person'?

personal personnel

Question 10: There was a shortage of qualified ___ for the job.

personal personnel

Quiz Answers

Q1: personnel

Q2: personal

Q3: personnel

Q4: personal

Q5: personnel

Q6: personal

Q7: personnel

Q8: The manager praised his personnel for their excellent work.

Q9: personal

Q10: personnel

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