dead vs people

dead and people both are nouns.

dead is an adjective but people is not an adjective.

dead is not a verb while people is a verb.

dead is an adverb but people is not an adverb.

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

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

dead: people who are no longer living
people: (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

dead (noun)	people (noun)
people who are no longer living	(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense	the body of citizens of a state or country
	members of a family line
	the common people generally

dead (adjective)	people (adjective)
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat
the complete stoppage of an action
not surviving in active use
physically inactive
devoid of activity
lacking resilience or bounce
out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown
devoid of physical sensation; numb
(followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive
no longer having force or relevance
unerringly accurate
not circulating or flowing
very tired
drained of electric charge; discharged
not yielding a return
lacking acoustic resonance

dead (verb)	people (verb)
	fill with people
	furnish with people

dead (adverb)	people (adverb)
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
quickly and without warning; happening unexpectedly; on impulse; without premeditation

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