Mob vs. Crowd

Mob vs. Crowd — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Mob and Crowd

Mobnoun

A large or disorderly group of people; especially one bent on riotous or destructive action.

Crowdverb

(intransitive) To press forward; to advance by pushing.

The man crowded into the packed room.

Mobnoun

(collective noun) A group of animals such as horses or cattle.

Crowdverb

(intransitive) To press together or collect in numbers

They crowded through the archway and into the park.

Mobnoun

A flock of emus.

Crowdverb

(transitive) To press or drive together, especially into a small space; to cram.

He tried to crowd too many cows into the cow-pen.
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Mobnoun

The Mafia, or a similar group that engages in organized crime (preceded by the).

Crowdverb

(transitive) To fill by pressing or thronging together

Mobnoun

(video games) A non-player character, especially one that exists to be fought or killed to further the progression of the story or game.

Crowdverb

To push, to press, to shove.

They tried to crowd her off the sidewalk.

Mobnoun

(archaic) The lower classes of a community; the rabble.

Crowdverb

(nautical) To approach another ship too closely when it has right of way.

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Mobnoun

(Australian Aboriginal) A cohesive group of people.

Crowdverb

To carry excessive sail in the hope of moving faster.

Mobnoun

(obsolete) A promiscuous woman; a harlot or wench; a prostitute.

Crowdverb

(transitive) To press by solicitation; to urge; to dun; hence, to treat discourteously or unreasonably.

Mobnoun

A mob cap.

Crowdverb

To play on a crowd; to fiddle.

Mobnoun

mobile phone

Crowdnoun

A group of people congregated or collected into a close body without order.

After the movie let out, a crowd of people pushed through the exit doors.

Mobverb

(transitive) To crowd around (someone), sometimes with hostility.

The fans mobbed a well-dressed couple who resembled their idols.

Crowdnoun

Several things collected or closely pressed together; also, some things adjacent to each other.

There was a crowd of toys pushed beneath the couch where the children were playing.

Mobverb

(transitive) To crowd into or around a place.

The shoppers mobbed the store on the first day of the sale.

Crowdnoun

(with definite article) The so-called lower orders of people; the populace, vulgar.

Mobverb

(transitive) To wrap up in, or cover with, a cowl.

Crowdnoun

A group of people united or at least characterised by a common interest.

That obscure author's fans were a nerdy crowd which hardly ever interacted before the Internet age.

Mobnoun

a disorderly crowd of people

Crowdnoun

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Mobnoun

a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities

Crowdnoun

A fiddle.

Mobnoun

an association of criminals;

police tried to break up the ganga pack of thieves

Crowdnoun

a large number of things or people considered together;

a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers

Mobverb

press tightly together or cram;

The crowd packed the auditorium

Crowdnoun

an informal body of friends;

he still hangs out with the same crowd

Crowdverb

cause to herd, drive, or crowd together;

We herded the children into a spare classroom

Crowdverb

fill or occupy to the point of overflowing;

The students crowded the auditorium

Crowdverb

to gather together in large numbers;

men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah

Crowdverb

approach a certain age or speed;

She is pushing fifty