The difference between People and Tribe
When used as nouns, people means , whereas tribe means a socially, ethnically, or politically cohesive group of people.
When used as verbs, people means to stock with people or inhabitants, whereas tribe means to distribute into tribes or classes.
check bellow for the other definitions of People and Tribe
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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.
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Tribe as a noun:
A socially, ethnically, or politically cohesive group of people.
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Tribe as a noun (anthropology):
A society larger than a band but smaller than a state. A group of apes who live and work together.
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Tribe as a noun:
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Tribe as a noun (taxonomy):
A hierarchal rank between family and genus.
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Tribe as a noun (stock breeding):
A family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line.
Examples:
"the Duchess tribe of shorthorns"
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Tribe as a verb (transitive):
To distribute into tribes or classes; to categorize.
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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
- ethnic vs tribe