coevals vs people

coevals and people both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
coevals	Yes	No	No	No
people	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, people is a hypernym of coevals; that is, people is a word with a broader meaning than coevals:

coevals: all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age
people: (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

coevals (noun)	people (noun)
all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age	(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
	the body of citizens of a state or country
	members of a family line
	the common people generally

coevals (verb)	people (verb)
	fill with people
	furnish with people