Tribe vs Peoples - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between tribe and peoples

is that tribe is a socially, ethnically, and politically cohesive group of people while peoples is - a race, group or nationality.

is that tribe is to distribute into tribes or classes; to categorize while peoples is (people).

(wikipedia tribe)

(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

* tribal * tribelet

(trib)

To distribute into tribes or classes; to categorize.

* Archbishop Nicolson

Our fowl, fish, and quadruped are well tribed .

(head)

- a race, group or nationality.

The course studies the history of Africa and the peoples who lived there.

(head)

(people)

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