Tribe vs Bribe - What's the difference?
tribe | bribe |
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
Something (usually money) given in exchange for influence or as an inducement to dishonesty.
* Hobart
That which seduces; seduction; allurement.
* Akenside
To give a to.
* F. W. Robertson
To gain by a bribe; to induce as by a bribe.
In transitive terms the difference between tribe and bribe
is that tribe is to distribute into tribes or classes; to categorize while bribe is to gain by a bribe; to induce as by a bribe.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 nounsbribe
English
Noun
(en noun)- Undue reward for anything against justice is a bribe .
- Not the bribes of sordid wealth can seduce to leave these everblooming sweets.
Synonyms
* See alsoVerb
(brib)- Neither is he worthy who bribes a man to vote against his conscience.
- to bribe somebody's compliance