Society vs. Guild

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.’;

Guildnoun

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

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.’;

Guildnoun

A corporation.

Societynoun

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

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

Guildnoun

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

Societynoun

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

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

Guildnoun

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

Societynoun

(uncountable) High society.

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

Guildnoun

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.

Societynoun

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

Guildnoun

A guildhall.

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.’;

Guildnoun

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

Societynoun

Connection; participation; partnership.

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

Guildnoun

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’;

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.

Guildnoun

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

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.

Guildnoun

an association of people for mutual aid or the pursuit of a common goal.

Societynoun

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

Guildnoun

a group of species that have similar requirements and play a similar role within a community.

Societynoun

an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization

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.

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’;

Societynoun

the state of being with someone;

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

Societynoun

the fashionable elite

Societynoun

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

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

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’;

Societynoun

a specified section of society

‘no one in polite society uttered the word’;

Societynoun

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

‘a society wedding’;

Societynoun

a plant or animal community

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

Societynoun

an organization or club formed for a particular purpose or activity

‘the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds’;

Societynoun

the situation of being in the company of other people

‘she shunned the society of others’;

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.