The difference between Clan and People
When used as nouns, clan means a group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief, whereas people means .
People is also verb with the meaning: to stock with people or inhabitants.
check bellow for the other definitions of Clan and People
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Clan as a noun (anthropology):
A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief.
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Clan as a noun:
A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain
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Clan as a noun:
Any association of people behaving clannishly, including one's immediate family.
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Clan as a noun (video games):
A group of players who habitually play on the same team in multiplayer games.
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Clan as a noun:
A badger colony.
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People as a noun:
; a body of human beings considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons.
Examples:
"Why do so many people commit suicide?"
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People as a noun (countable):
Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc; folk; a community.
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People as a noun:
A group of persons regarded as being employees, followers, companions or subjects of a ruler.
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People as a noun:
One's colleagues or employees.
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People as a noun:
A person's ancestors, relatives or family.
Examples:
"My people lived through the Black Plague and the Thirty Years War."
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People as a noun:
The mass of a community as distinguished from a special class (elite); the commonalty; the populace; the vulgar; the common crowd; the citizens.
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People as a noun:
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People as a verb (transitive):
To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate.
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People as a verb (intransitive):
To become populous or populated.
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People as a verb (transitive):
To inhabit; to occupy; to populate.
Compare words:
Compare with synonyms and related words:
- collective vs people
- community vs people
- congregation vs people
- folk vs people
- nation vs people
- clan vs people
- people vs tribe
- people vs race
- class vs people
- caste vs people
- club vs people
- fans vs people
- groupies vs people
- people vs supporters
- kin vs people
- kith vs people
- folks vs people
- people vs populace
- commoners vs people
- citizenry vs people
- peeps vs people
- lede vs people