Subcaste vs. Caste

Subcaste and Caste Definitions
Subcaste
A subgrouping of a caste.
Caste
Any of the hereditary, endogamous social classes or subclasses of traditional Hindu society, stratified according to Hindu ritual purity, especially the Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaisya, and Sudra castes.
Caste
A social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank, profession, or wealth.
Caste
A social system or the principle of grading society based on castes.
Caste
The social position or status conferred by a system based on castes
Lose caste by doing work beneath one's station.
Caste
A specialized level in a colony of social insects, such as ants, in which the members, such as workers or soldiers, carry out a specific function.
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Caste
Any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies.
Caste
A separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly associate with each other.
Caste
(zoology) A class of polymorphous eusocial insects of a particular size and function within a colony.
Caste
One of the hereditary classes into which the Hindu are divided according to the laws of Brahmanism.
Caste
A separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly hold intercourse among themselves.
The tinkers then formed an hereditary caste.
Caste
Social status or position conferred by a system based on class;
Lose caste by doing work beneath one's station
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Caste
(Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity
Caste
A social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth