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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