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Denizen vs Populace - What's the difference?

denizen | populace |

As nouns the difference between denizen and populace

is that denizen is an inhabitant of a place; one who dwells in while populace is the common people of a nation.

As a verb denizen

is (british) to grant rights of citizenship to; to naturalize.

denizen

English

(wikipedia denizen)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An inhabitant of a place; one who dwells in.
    • The giant squid is one of many denizens of the deep.
  • * 1912 : (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 6
    • The cries of the gorilla proclaimed that it was in mortal combat with some other denizen of the fierce wood. Suddenly these cries ceased, and the silence of death reigned throughout the jungle.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • Denizens of their own free, independent state.
  • One who frequents a place.
    • The denizens of that pub are of the roughest sort.
  • * {{quote-news, author=(Russell Brand), title=Let’s kick cold profiteering out of football, along with racism, work=(The Guardian) (London), date=20 February 2015 citation
    • , passage=As a fan of West Ham United I’m always looking to legitimise my dislike of Chelsea FC. And on first viewing, this week’s jarring retro-Métro-racism seems like a good reason to condemn the denizens of Stamford Bridge.}}
  • (British, obsolete) A person with rights between those of naturalized citizen and resident alien (roughly permanent resident), obtained through letters patent.
  • * 1765 , (William Blackstone), (Commentaries on the Laws of England), Book 1, Chapter X, p. 374
    • A denizen is a kind of middle state, between an alien and a natural-born subject, and partakes of both.''
    Though born in Iceland, he became a denizen of Britain after leaving Oxford.
  • (biology) An animal or plant from a particular range or habitat.
    • The bald eagle is a denizen of the northern part of the state.

    Usage notes

    As a British legal category, used between 13th and 19th century (mentioned but not used in 20th century), made obsolete by naturalisation – see (denization).

    Synonyms

    * (inhabitant of a place) inhabitant, native, resident * (one who frequents a place) regular

    Derived terms

    * denization

    Related terms

    * citizen

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (British) To grant rights of citizenship to; to naturalize.
    • He was denizened to Ireland after fleeing his home country.
  • * Dryden
    • As soon as denizened , they domineer.
  • To provide with denizens; to populate with adopted or naturalized occupants.
  • * J. D. Hooker
    • There were a few islets in the sand and these were at once denizened by various weeds.

    populace

    English

    Noun

  • The common people of a nation.
  • * The populace despised their ignorant leader.
  • * {{quote-book, year=2006, author=
    • , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=2 citation , passage=Throughout the 1500s, the populace roiled over a constellation of grievances of which the forest emerged as a key focal point. The popular late Middle Ages fictional character Robin Hood, dressed in green to symbolize the forest, dodged fines for forest offenses and stole from the rich to give to the poor. But his appeal was painfully real and embodied the struggle over wood.}}
  • The inhabitants of a nation.

    • Usage notes

    * Do not confuse populace' (a noun) with ' populous (an adjective).

    Synonyms

    * (common people of a nation) common people, hoi polloi, masses, people, rabble, riff-raff * (inhabitants of a nation) inhabitants, population