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population vs people

people vs population

population and people both are nouns.

population is not a verb while people is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
population Yes No No No
people Yes No Yes No
As nouns, people is a hypernym of population; that is, people is a word with a broader meaning than population:
  • population: the people who inhabit a territory or state
  • people: (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
population (noun) people (noun)
the act of populating (causing to live in a place) (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
(statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn the body of citizens of a state or country
the people who inhabit a territory or state members of a family line
a group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given area the common people generally
the number of inhabitants (either the total number or the number of a particular race or class) in a given place (country or city etc.)
population (verb) people (verb)
fill with people
furnish with people
Difference between population and people

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