family vs people

people vs family

family and people both are nouns.

family is not a verb while people is a verb.

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

As nouns, people is a hyponym of family; that is, people is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than family:

family: people descended from a common ancestor
people: members of a family line

Other hyponyms of family include homefolk, house, dynasty, gens, name.

family (noun)	people (noun)
primary social group; parents and children	(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
people descended from a common ancestor	the body of citizens of a state or country
a social unit living together	members of a family line
(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera	the common people generally
a collection of things sharing a common attribute
an association of people who share common beliefs or activities
a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
a person having kinship with another or others

family (verb)	people (verb)
	fill with people
	furnish with people

Difference between family and people

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