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Civilisation vs Tribe - What's the difference?

civilisation | tribe |

As nouns the difference between civilisation and tribe

is that civilisation is an alternative spelling of from=UK|from2=Ireland|from3=Australia|from4=New Zealand|from5=South Africa|lang=en while tribe is a socially, ethnically, and politically cohesive group of people.

As a verb tribe is

to distribute into tribes or classes; to categorize.

civilisation

English

Noun

(en noun)
    • ----

    tribe

    English

    (wikipedia tribe)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A socially, ethnically, and politically cohesive group of people.
  • (anthropology) A society larger than a band but smaller than a state.
  • The collective noun for various animals.
  • (taxonomy) A hierarchal rank between family and genus.
  • (stock breeding) A family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line.
    • the Duchess tribe of shorthorns

    Derived terms

    * tribal * tribelet

    See also

    * ethnic *

    Verb

    (trib)
  • To distribute into tribes or classes; to categorize.
  • * Archbishop Nicolson
    • Our fowl, fish, and quadruped are well tribed .

    Anagrams

    * English collective nouns