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Folks vs Peoples - What's the difference?

folks | peoples |

As nouns the difference between folks and peoples

is that folks is plural of lang=en while peoples is plural of lang=en - a race, group or nationality.

As a verb peoples is

third-person singular of people.

folks

English

Noun

(head)
  • The members of one's household; especially one's parents and immediate family.
    • My folks visit us at Christmas.
  • People in general; everybody or anybody.
    • Lots of folks like to travel during the holidays.

    Derived terms

    * just folks

    Related terms

    * folk ----

    peoples

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • - a race, group or nationality.
    • The course studies the history of Africa and the peoples who lived there.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (people)
    • ----