Society vs. Club

Societynoun

(countable) A long-standing group of people sharing cultural aspects such as language, dress, norms of behavior and artistic forms.

‘This society has been known for centuries for its colorful clothing and tight-knit family structure.’;

Clubnoun

A heavy stick intended for use as a weapon or plaything^Wp.

Societynoun

(countable) A group of people who meet from time to time to engage in a common interest; an association or organization.

‘It was then that they decided to found a society of didgeridoo-playing unicyclists.’;

Clubnoun

An implement to hit the ball in certain ball games, such as golf.

Societynoun

(countable) The sum total of all voluntary interrelations between individuals.

‘The gap between Western and Eastern societies seems to be narrowing.’;

Clubnoun

An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.

Societynoun

(uncountable) The people of one’s country or community taken as a whole.

‘Our global society develops in fits and starts.’;

Clubnoun

(archaic) The fees associated with belonging to such a club.

Societynoun

(uncountable) High society.

‘Smith was first introduced into society at the Duchess of Grand Fenwick's annual rose garden party.’;

Clubnoun

A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.

Societynoun

A number of people joined by mutual consent to deliberate, determine and act toward a common goal.

Clubnoun

An establishment that provides staged entertainment, often with food and drink, such as a nightclub.

‘She was sitting in a jazz club, sipping wine and listening to a bass player's solo.’;

Societynoun

The relationship of men to one another when associated in any way; companionship; fellowship; company.

‘There is society where none intrudesBy the deep sea, and music in its roar.’;

Clubnoun

A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards.

Societynoun

Connection; participation; partnership.

‘The meanest of the people and such as have the least society with the acts and crimes of kings.’;

Clubnoun

A playing card marked with such a symbol.

‘I've got only one club in my hand.’;

Societynoun

A number of persons associated for any temporary or permanent object; an association for mutual or joint usefulness, pleasure, or profit; a social union; a partnership; as, a missionary society.

Clubnoun

(humorous) Any set of people with a shared characteristic.

‘You also hate Night Court?’; ‘Join the club.’; ‘Michael stood you up?’; ‘Welcome to the club.’;

Societynoun

The persons, collectively considered, who live in any region or at any period; any community of individuals who are united together by a common bond of nearness or intercourse; those who recognize each other as associates, friends, and acquaintances.

Clubnoun

A club sandwich.

Societynoun

Specifically, the more cultivated portion of any community in its social relations and influences; those who mutually give receive formal entertainments.

Clubnoun

The slice of bread in the middle of a club sandwich.

Societynoun

an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization

Clubverb

(transitive) to hit with a club.

‘He clubbed the poor dog.’;

Societynoun

a formal association of people with similar interests;

‘he joined a golf club’; ‘they formed a small lunch society’; ‘men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today’;

Clubverb

(intransitive) To join together to form a group.

Societynoun

the state of being with someone;

‘he missed their company’; ‘he enjoyed the society of his friends’;

Clubverb

To combine into a club-shaped mass.

‘a medical condition with clubbing of the fingers and toes’;

Societynoun

the fashionable elite

Clubverb

(intransitive) To go to nightclubs.

‘We went clubbing in Ibiza.’; ‘When I was younger, I used to go clubbing almost every night.’;

Societynoun

the aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community

‘drugs, crime, and other dangers to society’;

Clubverb

(intransitive) To pay an equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense.

Societynoun

the community of people living in a particular country or region and having shared customs, laws, and organizations

‘modern industrial societies’; ‘the ethnic diversity of British society’;

Clubverb

(transitive) To raise, or defray, by a proportional assessment.

‘to club the expense’;

Societynoun

a specified section of society

‘no one in polite society uttered the word’;

Clubverb

(nautical) To drift in a current with an anchor out.

Societynoun

the aggregate of people who are fashionable, wealthy, and influential, regarded as forming a distinct group in a community

‘a society wedding’;

Clubverb

(military) To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion.

Societynoun

a plant or animal community

‘the analogy between insect society and human city is not new’;

Clubverb

(transitive) To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end.

‘to club exertions’;

Societynoun

an organization or club formed for a particular purpose or activity

‘the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds’;

Clubverb

To turn the breech of (a musket) uppermost, so as to use it as a club.

Societynoun

the situation of being in the company of other people

‘she shunned the society of others’;

Clubnoun

A heavy staff of wood, usually tapering, and wielded with the hand; a weapon; a cudgel.

‘But make you ready your stiff bats and clubs;Rome and her rats are at the point of battle.’;

Society

A society is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction, or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Societies are characterized by patterns of relationships (social relations) between individuals who share a distinctive culture and institutions; a given society may be described as the sum total of such relationships among its constituent of members.

Clubnoun

Any card of the suit of cards having a figure like the trefoil or clover leaf. (pl.) The suit of cards having such figure.

Clubnoun

An association of persons for the promotion of some common object, as literature, science, politics, good fellowship, etc.; esp. an association supported by equal assessments or contributions of the members.

‘They talkedAt wine, in clubs, of art, of politics.’; ‘He [Goldsmith] was one of the nine original members of that celebrated fraternity which has sometimes been called the Literary Club, but which has always disclaimed that epithet, and still glories in the simple name of the Club.’;

Clubnoun

A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.

‘They laid down the club.’; ‘We dined at a French house, but paid ten shillings for our part of the club.’;

Clubverb

To beat with a club.

Clubverb

To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion.

‘To club a battalion implies a temporary inability in the commanding officer to restore any given body of men to their natural front in line or column.’;

Clubverb

To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end; as, to club exertions.

Clubverb

To raise, or defray, by a proportional assesment; as, to club the expense.

Clubverb

To form a club; to combine for the promotion of some common object; to unite.

‘Till grosser atoms, tumbling in the streamOf fancy, madly met, and clubbed into a dream.’;

Clubverb

To pay on equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense; to pay for something by contribution.

‘The owl, the raven, and the bat,Clubbed for a feather to his hat.’;

Clubverb

To drift in a current with an anchor out.

Clubnoun

a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together;

‘each club played six home games with teams in its own division’;

Clubnoun

a formal association of people with similar interests;

‘he joined a golf club’; ‘they formed a small lunch society’; ‘men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today’;

Clubnoun

stout stick that is larger at one end;

‘he carried a club in self defense’; ‘he felt as if he had been hit with a club’;

Clubnoun

a building occupied by a club;

‘the clubhouse needed a new roof’;

Clubnoun

golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball

Clubnoun

a playing card in the minor suit of clubs (having one or more black trefoils on it);

‘he led a small club’; ‘clubs were trumps’;

Clubnoun

a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink;

‘don't expect a good meal at a cabaret’; ‘the gossip columnist got his information by visiting nightclubs every night’; ‘he played the drums at a jazz club’;

Clubverb

unite with a common purpose;

‘The two men clubbed together’;

Clubverb

gather and spend time together;

‘They always club together’;

Clubverb

strike with a club or a bludgeon

Clubnoun

an association dedicated to a particular interest or activity

‘I belong to a photographic club’; ‘the club secretary’;

Clubnoun

the premises used by a particular club

‘a social club’; ‘a jazz club’;

Clubnoun

an organization offering members social amenities, meals, and temporary residence

‘we had dinner at his club’;

Clubnoun

a commercial organization offering members special benefits

‘a shopping club’;

Clubnoun

a group of people or nations having something in common

‘the wild man of the movies refused to join the teetotal club’;

Clubnoun

an organization constituted to play matches in a particular sport

‘a football club’;

Clubnoun

a nightclub playing fashionable dance music

‘the club scene’;

Clubnoun

a heavy stick with a thick end, used as a weapon

‘they beat him with a wooden club’;

Clubnoun

short for golf club

Clubnoun

one of the four suits in a conventional pack of playing cards, denoted by a black trefoil.

Clubnoun

a card of such a suit.

Clubverb

combine with others so as to collect a sum of money for a particular purpose

‘friends and colleagues clubbed together to buy him a present’;

Clubverb

go out to nightclubs

‘she enjoys going clubbing in Oxford’;

Clubverb

beat (a person or animal) with a club or similar implement

‘the islanders clubbed whales to death’;