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Alien vs. People — What's the Difference?

Alien vs. People — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Alien and People

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Alien

Owing political allegiance to another country or government; foreign
Alien residents.

People

A people is a plurality of persons considered as a whole, as is the case with an ethnic group, nation or the public of a polity.

Alien

Belonging to, characteristic of, or constituting another and very different place, society, or person; strange.

People

Human beings in general or considered collectively
The earthquake killed 30,000 people
People think I'm mad

Alien

Dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed, as in nature
Emotions alien to her temperament.
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People

The members of a particular nation, community, or ethnic group
The native peoples of Canada

Alien

An unnaturalized foreign resident of a country. Also called noncitizen.

People

The supporters or employees of a person in a position of power or authority
I've had my people watching the house for some time now

Alien

A person from another and very different family, people, or place.

People

(of a group of people) inhabit (a place)
An arid mountain region peopled by warring clans

Alien

A person who is not included in a group; an outsider.

People

Humans considered as a group or in indefinite numbers. Often treated as a plural of person, alone and in compounds
People were dancing in the street. I met all sorts of people. This book is not intended for laypeople.

Alien

A creature from outer space
Science fiction about an invasion of aliens.

People

The mass of ordinary persons; the populace. Used with the
"those who fear and distrust the people, and wish to draw all powers from them into the hands of the higher classes" (Thomas Jefferson).

Alien

(Ecology) An organism, especially a plant or animal, that occurs in or is naturalized in a region to which it is not native.

People

A body of persons living in the same country under one national government; a nationality.

Alien

To transfer (property) to another; alienate.

People

The citizens of a political unit, such as a nation or state; the electorate. Used with the.

Alien

A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration.

People

Pl. peo·ples A body of persons sharing a common religion, culture, or language
The peoples of central Asia.

Alien

A person in a country not their own.

People

Persons with regard to their residence, class, profession, or group
City people.
Farming people.

Alien

Any life form of extraterrestrial or extradimensional origin.

People

Persons subordinate to or loyal to a ruler, superior, or employer
The manager would like to introduce you to our people in the regional office.

Alien

One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged.

People

A person's family, relatives, or ancestors
Where are your people from?.

Alien

Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign.
Alien subjects, enemies, property, or shores

People

(Informal) Animals or other beings distinct from humans
Rabbits and squirrels are the furry little people of the woods.

Alien

Very unfamiliar, strange, or removed.
Principles alien to our religion

People

To settle or inhabit with people; populate.

Alien

Pertaining to extraterrestrial life; typical of an extraterrestrial creature.

People

To be present in or on (a place)
"The stores ... are peopled by serious shoppers" (Perri Klass).

Alien

(transitive) To estrange; to alienate.

People

Used as plural of person; a body of human beings considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons.
There were so many people at the restaurant last night.

Alien

(law) To transfer the ownership of something.

People

(countable) Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc.

Alien

Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies, property, shores.

People

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

Alien

Wholly different in nature; foreign; adverse; inconsistent (with); incongruous; - followed by from or sometimes by to; as, principles alien from our religion.
An alien sound of melancholy.

People

One's colleagues or employees.

Alien

A foreigner; one owing allegiance, or belonging, to another country; a foreign-born resident of a country in which he does not possess the privileges of a citizen. Hence, a stranger. See Alienage.

People

A person's ancestors, relatives or family.
My people lived through the Black Plague and the Thirty Years War.

Alien

One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged; as, aliens from God's mercies.
Aliens from the common wealth of Israel.

People

The mass of a community as distinguished from a special class (elite); the commonalty; the populace; the vulgar; the common crowd; the citizens.

Alien

To alienate; to estrange; to transfer, as property or ownership.
The prince was totally aliened from all thoughts of . . . the marriage.

People

Plural of person.

Alien

A person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country

People

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

Alien

Anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found

People

(intransitive) To become populous or populated.

Alien

A form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere

People

(transitive) To inhabit; to occupy; to populate.

Alien

Transfer property or ownership;
The will aliened the property to the heirs

People

To interact with people; to socialize.

Alien

Arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness

People

The body of persons who compose a community, tribe, nation, or race; an aggregate of individuals forming a whole; a community; a nation.
Unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
The ants are a people not strong.
Before many peoples, and nations, and tongues.
Earth's monarchs are her peoples.
A government of all the people, by all the people, for all the people.

Alien

Not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something;
An economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism
The mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper
Jealousy is foreign to her nature

People

Persons, generally; an indefinite number of men and women; folks; population, or part of population; as, country people; - sometimes used as an indefinite subject or verb, like on in French, and man in German; as, people in adversity.
People were tempted to lend by great premiums.
People have lived twenty-four days upon nothing but water.

Alien

Being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world;
Alien customs
Exotic plants in a greenhouse
Exotic cuisine

People

The mass of community as distinguished from a special class; the commonalty; the populace; the vulgar; the common crowd; as, nobles and people.
And strive to gain his pardon from the people.

People

One's ancestors or family; kindred; relations; as, my people were English.

People

To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate.
As the gay motes that people the sunbeams.

People

(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively;
Old people
There were at least 200 people in the audience

People

The body of citizens of a state or country;
The Spanish people

People

The common people generally;
Separate the warriors from the mass
Power to the people

People

Members of a family line;
His people have been farmers for generations
Are your people still alive?

People

Fill with people or supply with inhabitants;
People a room
The government wanted to populate the remote area of the country

People

Make one's home or live in;
She resides officially in Iceland
I live in a 200-year old house
These people inhabited all the islands that are now deserted
The plains are sparsely populated

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