defeated vs people

defeated and people both are nouns.

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

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

defeated: people who are defeated
people: (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

defeated (noun)	people (noun)
people who are defeated	(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

defeated (adjective)	people (adjective)
beaten or overcome; not victorious
disappointingly unsuccessful

defeated (verb)	people (verb)
	fill with people
	furnish with people