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Clan vs Reunion - What's the difference?

clan | reunion |

As nouns the difference between clan and reunion

is that clan is a group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief while reunion is the process or act of reuniting.

As a proper noun Réunion is

island in the Indian Ocean to the west of Mauritius and to the east of Madagascar.

clan

English

(wikipedia clan)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (anthropology) A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief.
  • A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain
  • Any association of people behaving clannishly.
  • (video games) A group of players who habitually play on the same team in multiplayer games.
  • A badger colony.
  • Derived terms

    * clannish * matriclan * patriclan

    Descendants

    * Dutch: (l) * German: (l)

    reunion

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • Island in the Indian Ocean to the west of Mauritius and to the east of Madagascar.
  • Overseas of France on this island.
  • See also

    * Saint-Denis * ----