Contrast a noun and an adjective. Explain what they do in a sentence, and how they are different.

A noun is a person, place or thing. An adjective is describing the noun.

A noun is a the "thing" of the sentence. They represent a person, place, thing, or idea. Usually they are the setting, the characters and most physical and abstract objects. An adjective is anything that describes a noun. They are what give the nouns more feeling. For example in blue person, the noun is person and the adjective. The adjective livens up the sentence while the noun creates the setting and the characters