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Citizenry vs Electorate - What's the difference?

citizenry | electorate |

As nouns the difference between citizenry and electorate

is that citizenry is the group of all citizens while electorate is the collective people of a country, state, or electoral district who are entitled to vote.

citizenry

English

Noun

  • The group of all citizens.
  • electorate

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The collective people of a country, state, or electoral district who are entitled to vote.
  • The votes have been counted and the electorate has spoken.
  • The geographic area encompassing an electoral district.
  • ''The electorate of Finchley borders on the electorate of Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh, splitting the new housing estate of Royal Cupolas.
  • The dominion of an Elector in the Holy Roman Empire.
  • ''Fredrick the Great, Elector of Brandenburg and King of Prussia, commanded the most powerful electorate in the Empire.

    Synonyms

    * (collective people) constituency * (geographic area) riding (Canada), constituency (United Kingdom), seat (Australia), division (Australia), ward, district, electoral district