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Guild vs Tribe - What's the difference?

guild | tribe |

As nouns the difference between guild and tribe

is that guild is a group of tradespeople made up of merchants, craftspeople, or artisans, particularly in the middle ages 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.

guild

English

Noun

(wikipedia guild) (en noun)
  • A group of tradespeople made up of merchants, craftspeople, or artisans, particularly in the Middle Ages
  • (biology) A group of diverse species that share common characteristics or habits

    • Synonyms

    * (group of tradespeople) union, trade union, professional association

    References

    * The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, 2000, Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009 * Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, HarperCollins Publishers, 2003

    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