social group vs folk

folk vs social group

social group and folk both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
social group	Yes	No	No	No
folk	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, folk is a hyponym of social group; that is, folk is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than social group:

social group: people sharing some social relation
folk: a social division of (usually preliterate) people

Other hyponyms of social group include body, society, minority, sector, interest, interest group, clan, kin, kin group, kindred, kinship group, tribe, kith, fringe, assemblage, gathering, congregation, faithful, fold, organisation, organization, phylum, force, platoon, revolving door, band, circle, lot, set, gangdom, gangland, organized crime, subculture, nonalignment, nonalinement, form of government, political system, moiety, tribe, front, movement, social movement, Jewry, wing, fanbase, risk group.

social group (noun)	folk (noun)
people sharing some social relation	the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community
	people in general (often used in the plural)
	a social division of (usually preliterate) people
	people descended from a common ancestor

Difference between social group and folk

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