Peeps vs. People

Peeps vs. People — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Peeps and People

Peepsnoun

plural of peep

Peoplenoun

Used as plural of person; a body of human beings considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons.

Why do so many people commit suicide?

Peepsnoun

(slang) People; often especially (with personal pronoun), one's friends or associates.

Not many peeps here tonight, innit?Hey my peeps, how are you doing?

Peoplenoun

(countable) Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc; folk; a community.

Peoplenoun

A group of persons regarded as being employees, followers, companions or subjects of a ruler.

Peoplenoun

One's colleagues or employees.

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Peoplenoun

A person's ancestors, relatives or family.

My people lived through the Black Plague and the Thirty Years War.

Peoplenoun

The mass of a community as distinguished from a special class (elite); the commonalty; the populace; the vulgar; the common crowd; the citizens.

Peoplenoun

plural of person.

Peopleverb

(transitive) To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate.

Peopleverb

(intransitive) To become populous or populated.

Peopleverb

(transitive) To inhabit; to occupy; to populate.

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Peoplenoun

(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively;

old peoplethere were at least 200 people in the audience

Peoplenoun

the body of citizens of a state or country;

the Spanish people

Peoplenoun

the common people generally;

separate the warriors from the masspower to the people

Peoplenoun

members of a family line;

his people have been farmers for generationsare your people still alive?

Peopleverb

fill with people or supply with inhabitants;

people a roomThe government wanted to populate the remote area of the country

Peopleverb

make one's home or live in;

She resides officially in IcelandI live in a 200-year old houseThese people inhabited all the islands that are now desertedThe plains are sparsely populated