The difference between Crowd and Mob
When used as nouns, crowd means a group of people congregated or collected into a close body without order, whereas mob means a large or disorderly group of people.
When used as verbs, crowd means to press forward, whereas mob means to crowd around (someone), sometimes with hostility.
check bellow for the other definitions of Crowd and Mob
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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.
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Mob as a noun:
A large or disorderly group of people; especially one bent on riotous or destructive action.
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Mob as a noun:
A commonly used collective noun for animals such as horses or cattle.
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Mob as a noun:
The Mafia, or a similar group that engages in organized crime (preceded by the).
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Mob as a noun (video games):
A non-player character, especially one that exists to be fought or killed to further the progression of the story or game.
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Mob as a noun (archaic):
The lower classes of a community; the rabble.
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Mob as a noun (Australian Aboriginal):
A cohesive group of people.
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Mob as a noun:
A flock of emus.
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Mob as a verb (transitive):
To crowd around (someone), sometimes with hostility.
Examples:
"The fans mobbed a well-dressed couple who resembled their idols."
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Mob as a verb (transitive):
To crowd into or around a place.
Examples:
"The shoppers mobbed the store on the first day of the sale."
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Mob as a noun (obsolete):
A promiscuous woman; a harlot or wench; a prostitute.
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Mob as a noun:
A mob cap.
Examples:
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Mob as a verb (transitive):
To wrap up in, or cover with, a cowl.
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Mob as a noun:
mobile phone