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Society vs. Guild — What's the Difference?

Society vs. Guild — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Society and Guild

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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.

Guild

A guild is an association of artisans and merchants who oversee the practice of their craft/trade in a particular area. The earliest types of guild formed as organizations of tradesmen, belonging to: a professional association, a trade union, a cartel, and/or a secret society.

Society

The aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community
Drugs, crime, and other dangers to society

Guild

A medieval association of craftsmen or merchants, often having considerable power.

Society

An organization or club formed for a particular purpose or activity
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
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Guild

An association of persons of the same trade or pursuits, formed to protect mutual interests and maintain standards.

Society

The situation of being in the company of other people
She shunned the society of others

Guild

A similar association, as of merchants or artisans, in medieval times.

Society

The totality of people regarded as forming a community of interdependent individuals
Working for the benefit of society.

Guild

(Ecology) A group of species in a community that use similar environmental resources in a similar way, such as a group of songbirds that all glean insects from leaves.

Society

A group of people broadly distinguished from other groups by mutual interests, participation in characteristic relationships, shared institutions, and a common culture
Rural society.
Literary society.

Guild

A group or association mainly of tradespeople made up of merchants, craftspeople, or artisans for mutual aid, particularly in the Middle Ages.

Society

An organization or association of persons engaged in a common profession, activity, or interest
A folklore society.
A society of bird watchers.

Guild

A corporation.

Society

The wealthy, socially dominant members of a community. Also called high society.

Guild

(ecology) A group of diverse species that share common characteristics or habits.

Society

Companionship; company
Enjoys the society of friends and family members.

Guild

(video games) An organized group of players who regularly play together in a multiplayer game.

Society

(Biology) A colony or community of organisms, usually of the same species
An insect society.

Guild

An association of men belonging to the same class, or engaged in kindred pursuits, formed for mutual aid and protection; a business fraternity or corporation; as, the Stationers' Guild; the Ironmongers' Guild. They were originally licensed by the government, and endowed with special privileges and authority.

Society

(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.

Guild

A guildhall.

Society

(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.

Guild

A religious association or society, organized for charitable purposes or for assistance in parish work.

Society

(countable) The sum total of all voluntary interrelations between individuals.
The gap between Western and Eastern societies seems to be narrowing.

Guild

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

Society

(uncountable) The people of one’s country or community taken as a whole.
Our global society develops in fits and starts.

Society

(uncountable) High society.
Smith was first introduced into society at the Duchess of Grand Fenwick's annual rose garden party.

Society

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

Society

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.

Society

Connection; participation; partnership.
The meanest of the people and such as have the least society with the acts and crimes of kings.

Society

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.

Society

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.

Society

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

Society

An extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization

Society

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

Society

The state of being with someone;
He missed their company
He enjoyed the society of his friends

Society

The fashionable elite

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