Inuit vs. Mukluk — What's the Difference?

The Inuit (; Inuktitut: ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 'the people', singular: Inuk, ᐃᓄᒃ, dual: Inuuk, ᐃᓅᒃ) are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic regions of Greenland, Canada, and Alaska (United States). The Inuit languages are part of the Eskimo–Aleut languages also known as Inuit-Yupik-Unangan and also as Eskaleut.

Mukluks or kamik (Inuktitut: ᑲᒥᒃ [kaˈmik]) (singular: ᑲᒪᒃ kamak, plural: ᑲᒦᑦ kamiit) are a soft boot, traditionally made of reindeer (caribou) skin or sealskin, and worn by Arctic aboriginal people, including the Inuit, Iñupiat, and Yupik.Mukluks may be worn over an inner boot liner and under a protective overshoe. The term mukluk is often used for any soft boot designed for cold weather, and modern designs may use both traditional and modern materials.

The members of various indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic from northwest Alaska eastward to eastern Greenland, particularly those inhabiting Canada.

A soft boot made of reindeer skin or sealskin and worn by indigenous peoples of Arctic North America.

The family of Eskimoan languages spoken by the Inuit.

A slipper with a soft sole resembling this boot.

Any of the Eskimoan languages spoken by the Inuit.

A soft knee-high boot of sealskin or reindeer skin, originally worn by Inuit and Yupik.

Of or relating to the Inuit or the languages spoken by the Inuit.

A laced winter boot resembling a traditional mukluk, with thick rubber sole and cloth upper.

A member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the Inuit (`the people')