kinsfolk vs people

kinsfolk and people both are nouns.

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

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

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

kinsfolk (noun)	people (noun)
people descended from a common ancestor	(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

kinsfolk (verb)	people (verb)
	fill with people
	furnish with people