The difference between Cluster and Crowd
When used as nouns, cluster means a group or bunch of several discrete items that are close to each other, whereas crowd means a group of people congregated or collected into a close body without order.
When used as verbs, cluster means to form a cluster or group, whereas crowd means to press forward.
check bellow for the other definitions of Cluster and Crowd
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Cluster as a noun:
A group or bunch of several discrete items that are close to each other.
Examples:
"a cluster of islands"
"A cluster of flowers grew in the pot."
"A leukemia cluster has developed in the town."
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Cluster as a noun:
A number of individuals grouped together or collected in one place; a crowd; a mob.
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Cluster as a noun (astronomy):
A group of galaxies or stars that appear near each other.
Examples:
"The Pleiades cluster contains seven bright stars."
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Cluster as a noun (linguistics, education):
A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a chunk, bundle, or lexical bundle.
Examples:
"examples of clusters would include ''"in accordance with"'', ''"the results of"'' and ''"so far"'' "
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Cluster as a noun (music):
A secundal chord of three or more notes.
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Cluster as a noun (phonetics):
A group of consonants.
Examples:
"The word "scrub" begins with a cluster of three consonants."
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Cluster as a noun (computing):
A group of computers that work together.
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Cluster as a noun (computing):
A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see block).
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Cluster as a noun (statistics):
A significant subset within a population.
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Cluster as a noun (military):
Set of bombs or mines.
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Cluster as a noun (army):
A small metal design that indicates that a medal has been awarded to the same person before.
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Cluster as a noun (chemistry):
An ensemble of bound atoms or molecules, intermediate in size between a molecule and a bulk solid.
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Cluster as a verb (intransitive):
To form a cluster or group.
Examples:
"The children clustered around the puppy."
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Cluster as a verb (transitive):
To collect into clusters.
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Cluster as a verb (transitive):
To cover with clusters.
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Crowd as a verb (intransitive):
To press forward; to advance by pushing.
Examples:
"The man crowded into the packed room."
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Crowd as a verb (intransitive):
To press together or collect in numbers
Examples:
"They crowded through the archway and into the park."
"synonyms: swarm throng crowd in"
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Crowd as a verb (transitive):
To press or drive together, especially into a small space; to cram.
Examples:
"He tried to crowd too many cows into the cow-pen."
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Crowd as a verb (transitive):
To fill by pressing or thronging together
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Crowd as a verb (transitive, often used with "out of" or "off"):
To push, to press, to shove.
Examples:
"They tried to crowd her off the sidewalk."
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Crowd as a verb (nautical):
To approach another ship too closely when it has right of way.
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Crowd as a verb (nautical, of a, square-rigged ship, transitive):
To carry excessive sail in the hope of moving faster.
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Crowd as a verb (transitive):
To press by solicitation; to urge; to dun; hence, to treat discourteously or unreasonably.
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Crowd as a noun:
A group of people congregated or collected into a close body without order.
Examples:
"After the movie let out, a crowd of people pushed through the exit doors."
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Crowd as a noun:
Several things collected or closely pressed together; also, some things adjacent to each other.
Examples:
"There was a crowd of toys pushed beneath the couch where the children were playing."
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Crowd as a noun (with definite article):
The so-called lower orders of people; the populace, vulgar.
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Crowd as a noun:
A group of people united or at least characterised by a common interest.
Examples:
"That obscure author's fans were a nerdy crowd which hardly ever interacted before the Internet age."
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Crowd as a noun (obsolete):
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Crowd as a noun:
A fiddle.
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Crowd as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):
To play on a crowd; to fiddle.