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Folk vs. Folks — What's the Difference?

Folk vs. Folks — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Folk and Folks

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Folk

The common people of a society or region considered as the representatives of a traditional way of life and especially as the originators or carriers of the customs, beliefs, and arts that make up a distinctive culture
A leader who came from the folk.

Folks

The common people of a society or region considered as the representatives of a traditional way of life and especially as the originators or carriers of the customs, beliefs, and arts that make up a distinctive culture
A leader who came from the folk.

Folk

(Archaic) A nation; a people.

Folks

(Archaic) A nation; a people.

Folk

Folks(Informal) People in general
Folks around here are very friendly.
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Folks

Folks(Informal) People in general
Folks around here are very friendly.

Folk

Often folks People of a specified group or kind
City folks.
Rich folk.

Folks

Often folks People of a specified group or kind
City folks.
Rich folk.

Folk

One's parents
My folks are coming for a visit.

Folks

One's parents
My folks are coming for a visit.

Folk

The members of one's family or childhood household; one's relatives.

Folks

The members of one's family or childhood household; one's relatives.

Folk

Of, occurring in, or originating among the common people
Folk culture.
A folk hero.

Folks

Of, occurring in, or originating among the common people
Folk culture.
A folk hero.

Folk

(archaic) A grouping of smaller peoples or tribes as a nation.

Folks

Plural of folk

Folk

The inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants.

Folks

Your parents;
He wrote to his folks every day

Folk

(plural only) People in general.

Folk

(plural only) A particular group of people.
Young folk, old folk, everybody come / To our little Sunday School, and have a lot of fun.

Folk

One’s relatives, especially one’s parents.

Folk

(music) folk music

Folk

Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a land, their culture, tradition, or history.

Folk

Of or pertaining to common people as opposed to ruling classes or elites.

Folk

(architecture) Of or related to local building materials and styles.

Folk

Believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically correct or rigorous.
Folk psychology; folk linguistics

Folk

In Anglo-Saxon times, the people of a group of townships or villages; a community; a tribe.
The organization of each folk, as such, sprang mainly from war.

Folk

People in general, or a separate class of people; - generally used in the plural form, and often with a qualifying adjective; as, the old folks; poor folks.
In winter's tedious nights, sit by the fireWith good old folks, and let them tell thee tales.

Folk

The persons of one's own family; as, our folks are all well.

Folk

People in general;
They're just country folk
The common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next

Folk

A social division of (usually preliterate) people

Folk

People descended from a common ancestor;
His family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower

Folk

The traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community

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