ethnic group vs group

group vs ethnic group

ethnic group and group both are nouns.

ethnic group is not a verb while group is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ethnic group	Yes	No	No	No
group	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, group is a hypernym of ethnic group; that is, group is a word with a broader meaning than ethnic group:

ethnic group: people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture
group: any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

Other hypernyms of ethnic group include grouping.

ethnic group (noun)	group (noun)
people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture	any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
	a set that is closed, associative, has an identity element and every element has an inverse
	(chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule

ethnic group (verb)	group (verb)
	arrange into a group or groups
	form a group or group together

Difference between ethnic group and group

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