Subcaste vs. Caste
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Difference Between Subcaste and Caste
Subcastenoun
A subgrouping of a caste.
Castenoun
Any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies.
Castenoun
A separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly associate with each other.
Castenoun
(zoology) A class of polymorphous eusocial insects of a particular size and function within a colony.
Castenoun
social status or position conferred by a system based on class;
lose caste by doing work beneath one's stationCastenoun
(Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity
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Castenoun
a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth
