The difference between Camp and Clique
When used as nouns, camp means an outdoor place acting as temporary accommodation in tents or other temporary structures, whereas clique means a small, exclusive group of individuals.
When used as verbs, camp means to live in a tent or similar temporary accommodation, whereas clique means to associate together in a clannish way.
Camp is also adjective with the meaning: theatrical.
check bellow for the other definitions of Camp and Clique
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Camp as a noun:
An outdoor place acting as temporary accommodation in tents or other temporary structures.
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Camp as a noun:
An organised event, often taking place in tents or temporary accommodation.
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Camp as a noun:
A base of a military group, not necessarily temporary.
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Camp as a noun:
A single hut or shelter.
Examples:
"a hunter's camp"
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Camp as a noun:
The company or body of persons encamped.
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Camp as a noun:
A group of people with the same strong ideals or political leanings.
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Camp as a noun (uncommon):
Campus
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Camp as a noun (informal):
A summer camp.
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Camp as a noun (agriculture):
A mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored for protection against frost; called also burrow and pie.
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Camp as a noun (obsolete):
Conflict; battle.
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Camp as a noun (UK, obsolete):
An ancient game of football, played in some parts of England.
Examples:
"rfquotek Halliwell"
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Camp as a verb:
To live in a tent or similar temporary accommodation.
Examples:
"We're planning to camp in the field until Sunday."
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Camp as a verb:
To set up a camp.
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Camp as a verb (transitive):
To afford rest or lodging for.
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Camp as a verb (video games):
To stay in an advantageous location in a video game, such as next to a power-up's spawning point or in order to guard an area.
Examples:
"The easiest way to win on this map is to camp the double damage."
"Go and camp the flag [[for the win]]."
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Camp as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To fight; contend in battle or in any kind of contest; to strive with others in doing anything; compete.
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Camp as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To wrangle; argue.
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Camp as a noun:
An affected, exaggerated or intentionally tasteless style.
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Camp as an adjective:
Theatrical; making exaggerated gestures.
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Camp as an adjective (of a, man):
Ostentatiously effeminate.
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Camp as an adjective:
Intentionally tasteless or vulgar, self-parodying.
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Clique as a noun:
A small, exclusive group of individuals; a cabal.
Examples:
"This school used to be really friendly, but now everyone keeps to their own cliques."
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Clique as a noun (graph theory):
A subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph.
Examples:
"The problem of finding the largest clique in an arbitrary graph is NP-complete."
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Clique as a noun (Internet):
A group of related web sites that link to each other, like a webring but with exclusive membership determined by the clique owner.
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Clique as a verb (intransitive):
To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot.