Elite vs. Elect — What's the Difference?

In political and sociological theory, the elite (French élite, from Latin eligere, to select or to sort out) are a small group of powerful people who hold a disproportionate amount of wealth, privilege, political power, or skill in a society. Defined by the Cambridge Dictionary, the "elite" are "those people or organizations that are considered the best or most powerful compared to others of a similar type."American sociologist C. Wright Mills states that the power elite members recognize other members' mutual exalted position in society.

To select by vote for an office or for membership

A group or class of persons considered to be superior to others because of their intelligence, social standing, or wealth

To pick out; select

A member of such a group

To decide, especially by preference

The best or most skilled members of a group

To select by divine will for salvation. Used of God.

A size of type on a typewriter, equal to 12 characters per linear inch.

Chosen deliberately; singled out

Of high birth or social position; aristocratic or patrician.

Elected but not yet installed. Often used in combination

Representing the choicest or most select of a group.

Chosen for marriage. Often used in combination

A special group or social class of people which have a superior intellectual, social or economic status as, the elite of society.

Selected by divine will for salvation.

Someone who is among the best at a certain task.

One that is chosen or selected.

(typography) A typeface with 12 characters per inch.

One selected by divine will for salvation.

A choice or select body; the flower; as, the élite of society.

(used with a pl. verb) An exclusive group of people. Used with the

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One chosen or set apart.

A group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status

(theology) In Calvinist theology, one foreordained to Heaven. In other Christian theologies, someone chosen by God for salvation.

Selected as the best;

(transitive) To choose or make a decision (to do something)

(transitive) To choose (a candidate) in an election

(postpositive) Who has been elected in a specified post, but has not yet entered office.

Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more.

Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more.

Chosen as the object of mercy or divine favor; set apart to eternal life.

Chosen to an office, but not yet actually inducted into it; as, bishop elect; governor or mayor elect.

One chosen or set apart.

Those who are chosen for salvation.

To pick out; to select; to choose.

To select or take for an office; to select by vote; as, to elect a representative, a president, or a governor.

To designate, choose, or select, as an object of mercy or favor.

An exclusive group of people;

Select by a vote for an office or membership;

Choose;

Selected as the best;

Elected but not yet installed in office;