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subpopulation vs population

population vs subpopulation

subpopulation and population both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
subpopulation Yes No No No
population Yes No No No
As nouns, population is a hypernym of subpopulation; that is, population is a word with a broader meaning than subpopulation:
  • subpopulation: a population that is part of a larger population
  • population: (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn
Other hypernyms of subpopulation include universe.
subpopulation (noun) population (noun)
a population that is part of a larger population the act of populating (causing to live in a place)
(statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn
the people who inhabit a territory or state
a group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given area
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.)
Difference between subpopulation and population

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