Club vs. Clique — What's the Difference?

An association dedicated to a particular interest or activity

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.

An organization constituted to play matches in a particular sport

A small close-knit group of people who do not readily allow others to join them

A nightclub playing fashionable dance music

A small exclusive group of friends or associates.

A heavy stick with a thick end, used as a weapon

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

One of the four suits in a conventional pack of playing cards, denoted by a black trefoil.

A small, exclusive group of individuals, usually according to lifestyle or social status; a cabal.

Combine with others so as to collect a sum of money for a particular purpose

(graph theory) A subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph.

Go out to nightclubs

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

Beat (a person or animal) with a club or similar implement

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

A stout heavy stick, usually thicker at one end, suitable for use as a weapon; a cudgel.

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

An implement used in some games to drive a ball, especially a stick with a protruding head used in golf.

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

Something resembling a club.

An exclusive circle of people with a common purpose

A black figure shaped like a trefoil or clover leaf on certain playing cards.

A playing card with this figure.

Clubs (used with a sing. or pl. verb) The suit of cards represented by this figure.

A group of people organized for a common purpose, especially a group that meets regularly

The building, room, or other facility used for the meetings of an organized group.

(Sports) An athletic team or organization.

A nightclub.

To strike or beat with a club or similar implement.

To use (a firearm) as a club by holding the barrel and hitting with the butt end.

To gather or combine (hair, for example) into a clublike mass.

To contribute (money or resources) to a joint or common purpose.

To join or combine for a common purpose; form a club.

To go to or frequent nightclubs

An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.

(archaic) The fees associated with belonging to such a club.

A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything.

An implement to hit the ball in certain ball games, such as golf.

A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.

An establishment that provides staged entertainment, often with food and drink, such as a nightclub.

A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards.

A playing card marked with such a symbol.

(humorous) Any set of people with a shared characteristic.

A club sandwich.

The slice of bread in the middle of a club sandwich.

(transitive) To hit with a club.

(intransitive) To join together to form a group.

To combine into a club-shaped mass.

(intransitive) To go to nightclubs.

(intransitive) To pay an equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense.

(transitive) To raise, or defray, by a proportional assessment.

(nautical) To drift in a current with an anchor out.

(military) To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion.

(transitive) To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end.

To turn the breech of (a musket) uppermost, so as to use it as a club.

A heavy staff of wood, usually tapering, and wielded with the hand; a weapon; a cudgel.

Any card of the suit of cards having a figure like the trefoil or clover leaf. (pl.) The suit of cards having such figure.

An association of persons for the promotion of some common object, as literature, science, politics, good fellowship, etc.; esp. an association supported by equal assessments or contributions of the members.

A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.

To beat with a club.

To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion.

To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end; as, to club exertions.

To raise, or defray, by a proportional assesment; as, to club the expense.

To form a club; to combine for the promotion of some common object; to unite.

To pay on equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense; to pay for something by contribution.

To drift in a current with an anchor out.

A team of professional baseball players who play and travel together;

A formal association of people with similar interests;

Stout stick that is larger at one end;

A building occupied by a club;

Golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball

A playing card in the minor suit of clubs (having one or more black trefoils on it);

A spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink;

Unite with a common purpose;

Gather and spend time together;

Strike with a club or a bludgeon