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Clique vs. Claque — What's the Difference?

Clique vs. Claque — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Clique and Claque

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Clique

A clique (AusE, CanE, UK: or US: ), in the social sciences, is a group of individuals who interact with one another and share similar interests. Interacting with cliques is part of normative social development regardless of gender, ethnicity or popularity.

Claque

A claque is an organized body of professional applauders in French theatres and opera houses. Members of a claque are called claqueurs.

Clique

A small close-knit group of people who do not readily allow others to join them
The old-school clique
His flat became a haven for a clique of young men of similar tastes

Claque

A group of sycophantic followers
The President was surrounded by a claque of scheming bureaucrats

Clique

A small exclusive group of friends or associates.
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Claque

A group of people hired to applaud (or heckle) a performer or public speaker.

Clique

To form, associate in, or act as a clique.

Claque

A group of persons hired to applaud at a performance.

Clique

A small, exclusive group of individuals, usually according to lifestyle or social status; a cabal.
This school used to be really friendly, but now everyone keeps to their own cliques.

Claque

A group of fawning admirers.

Clique

(graph theory) A subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph.
The problem of finding the largest clique in an arbitrary graph is NP-complete.

Claque

(collective) A group of people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo.

Clique

(Internet) A group of related web sites that link to each other, like a webring but with exclusive membership determined by the clique owner.

Claque

(by extension)

Clique

(intransitive) To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot.

Claque

A group of fawning admirers.

Clique

A narrow circle of persons associated by common interests or for the accomplishment of a common purpose; - generally used in a bad sense.

Claque

A group of people who pre-arrange among themselves to express strong support for an idea, so as to give the false impression of a wider consensus.

Clique

To To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot; - used with together.

Claque

A collection of persons employed to applaud at a theatrical exhibition.

Clique

An exclusive circle of people with a common purpose

Claque

A group of sycophantic followers.

Claque

A group of followers hired to applaud at a performance

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