The difference between Collective and People

When used as nouns, collective means a farm owned by a collection of people, whereas people means .

Collective is also adjective with the meaning: formed by gathering or collecting.

People is also verb with the meaning: to stock with people or inhabitants.

check bellow for the other definitions of Collective and People

  1. Collective as an adjective:

    formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated

    Examples:

    "the collective body of a nation"

  2. Collective as an adjective:

    tending to collect; forming a collection

  3. Collective as an adjective:

    having plurality of origin or authority

  4. Collective as an adjective (grammar):

    expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form

  5. Collective as an adjective (obsolete):

    deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring.

  1. Collective as a noun:

    a farm owned by a collection of people

  2. Collective as a noun (especially, in communist countries):

    one of more farms managed and owned, through the state, by the community

  3. Collective as a noun (grammar):

    a collective noun or name

  4. Collective as a noun (by extension):

    a group dedicated to a particular cause or interest

  1. 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?"

  2. 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.

  3. People as a noun:

    A group of persons regarded as being employees, followers, companions or subjects of a ruler.

  4. People as a noun:

    One's colleagues or employees.

  5. People as a noun:

    A person's ancestors, relatives or family.

    Examples:

    "My people lived through the Black Plague and the Thirty Years War."

  6. 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.

  7. People as a noun:

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  1. People as a verb (transitive):

    To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate.

  2. People as a verb (intransitive):

    To become populous or populated.

  3. People as a verb (transitive):

    To inhabit; to occupy; to populate.

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