Community vs. People — What's the Difference?

A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g.

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.

A group of people living in the same locality and under the same government.

Human beings in general or considered collectively

The district or locality in which such a group lives.

The members of a particular nation, community, or ethnic group

A group of people having common interests

The supporters or employees of a person in a position of power or authority

A group viewed as forming a distinct segment of society

(of a group of people) inhabit (a place)

Similarity or identity

Humans considered as a group or in indefinite numbers. Often treated as a plural of person, alone and in compounds

Sharing, participation, and fellowship

The mass of ordinary persons; the populace. Used with the

Society as a whole; the public.

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

A group of organisms interacting with one another and with the environment in a specific region.

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

The region occupied by a group of interacting organisms.

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

(countable) A group sharing a common understanding, and often the same language, law, manners, and/or tradition.

Persons with regard to their residence, class, profession, or group

(countable) A residential or religious collective; a commune.

Persons subordinate to or loyal to a ruler, superior, or employer

A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other.

A person's family, relatives, or ancestors

A group of people interacting by electronic means for educational, professional, social, or other purposes; a virtual community.

(Informal) Animals or other beings distinct from humans

(uncountable) The condition of having certain attitudes and interests in common.

To settle or inhabit with people; populate.

Common enjoyment or possession; participation.

To be present in or on (a place)

Common character; likeness.

Used as plural of person; a body of human beings considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons.

Commonness; frequency.

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

A local area within a county or county borough which is the lowest tier of local government, usually represented by a community council or town council, which is generally equivalent to a civil parish in England.

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

Common possession or enjoyment; participation; as, a community of goods.

One's colleagues or employees.

A body of people having common rights, privileges, or interests, or living in the same place under the same laws and regulations; as, a community of monks. Hence a number of animals living in a common home or with some apparent association of interests.

A person's ancestors, relatives or family.

Society at large; a commonwealth or state; a body politic; the public, or people in general.

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

Common character; likeness.

Plural of person.

Commonness; frequency.

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

A group of people living in a particular local area;

(intransitive) To become populous or populated.

A group of people having ethnic or cultural or religious characteristics in common;

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

Common ownership;

To interact with people; to socialize.

A group of nations having common interests;

The body of persons who compose a community, tribe, nation, or race; an aggregate of individuals forming a whole; a community; a nation.

The body of people in a learned occupation;

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.

Agreement as to goals;

The mass of community as distinguished from a special class; the commonalty; the populace; the vulgar; the common crowd; as, nobles and people.

A district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences

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

(ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other

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

(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively;

The body of citizens of a state or country;

The common people generally;

Members of a family line;

Fill with people or supply with inhabitants;

Make one's home or live in;