Mankind vs Men - What's the difference?
mankind | men |
The human race in its entirety.
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Men collectively, as opposed to all women.
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*:“[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
(lb) Human feelings; humanity.
:(Ben Jonson)
(man)
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*:This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.Indeed, all his features were in large mold, like the man himself, as though he had come from a day when skin garments made the proper garb of men .
(lb) (The) people, humanity.
As nouns the difference between mankind and men
is that mankind is the human race in its entirety while men is irregular plural of man.As an acronym MEN is
acronym of multiple endocrine neoplasia.As a proper noun Men is
a god once worshipped in the western interior parts of Anatolia, and associated with lunar symbolism.mankind
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(-)Internal Combustion