The difference between Populace and Population
When used as nouns, populace means the common people of a nation, whereas population means the people living within a political or geographical boundary.
check bellow for the other definitions of Populace and Population
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Populace as a noun:
The common people of a nation.
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Populace as a noun:
The inhabitants of a nation.
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Population as a noun:
The people living within a political or geographical boundary.
Examples:
"The population of New Jersey will not stand for this!"
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Population as a noun:
By extension, the people with a given characteristic.
Examples:
"India has the third-largest population of English-speakers in the world."
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Population as a noun:
A count of the number of residents within a political or geographical boundary such as a town, a nation or the world.
Examples:
"The town’s population is only 243."
"'population explosion; population growth"
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Population as a noun (biology):
A collection of organisms of a particular species, sharing a particular characteristic of interest, most often that of living in a given area.
Examples:
"A seasonal migration annually changes the populations in two or more biotopes drastically, many twice in opposite senses."
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Population as a noun (statistics):
A group of units (persons, objects, or other items) enumerated in a census or from which a sample is drawn.
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Population as a noun (computing):
The act of filling initially empty items in a collection.
Examples:
"John clicked the Search button and waited for the population of the list to complete."