Tribe vs Flock - What's the difference?
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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.
To distribute into tribes or classes; to categorize.
* Archbishop Nicolson
A large number of birds, especially those gathered together for the purpose of migration.
A large number of animals, especially sheep or goats kept together.
Those served by a particular pastor or shepherd.
* {{quote-book
, year=1995
, author=Green Key Books
, title=God's Word to the Nations (John 10:16)
* Tennyson
A large number of people.
* Bible, 2 Macc. xiv. 14
To congregate in or head towards a place in large numbers.
* Dryden
(obsolete) To flock to; to crowd.
* 1609 , Taylor
To treat a pool with chemicals to remove suspended particles.
Coarse tufts of wool or cotton used in bedding
A lock of wool or hair.
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:I prythee, Tom, beat Cut's saddle, put a few flocks in the point [pommel].
Very fine sifted woollen refuse, especially that from shearing the nap of cloths, formerly used as a coating for wallpaper to give it a velvety or clothlike appearance; also, the dust of vegetable fibre used for a similar purpose.
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*:There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock -paper on the walls.
In transitive terms the difference between tribe and flock
is that tribe is to distribute into tribes or classes; to categorize while flock is to coat a surface with dense fibers or particles.tribe
English
(wikipedia tribe)Noun
(en noun)- the Duchess tribe of shorthorns
Derived terms
* tribal * tribeletSee also
* ethnic *Verb
(trib)- Our fowl, fish, and quadruped are well tribed .
Anagrams
* English collective nounsflock
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . More at (l).Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=I also have other sheep that are not from this pen. I must lead them. They, too, will respond to my voice. So they will be one flock with one shepherd. }}
- As half amazed, half frighted all his flock .
- The heathen came to Nicanor by flocks .
Synonyms
* congregation, bunch, gaggle, horde, host, legion, litter, nest, rabble, swarm, throng, wakeVerb
(en verb)- People flocked to the cinema to see the new film.
- Friends daily flock .
- Good fellows, trooping, flocked me so.