Group and Tribe

Group

Group noun - A number of things considered as a unit.

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Tribe and group are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tribe" instead a noun "Group".

Nearby Words: grouping, grouped, groupment

Tribe noun - A group of persons who come from the same ancestor.

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Group and tribe are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Group" instead a noun "Tribe".

Nearby Words: tribal, tribesman, tribalism

old	old group	old tribe
particular	particular group	particular tribe
specific	specific group	specific tribe
certain	certain group	certain tribe
Other adjectives: rival, original, single, small, powerful, entire, evil, main, secret, new, former, underground, mysterious, larger, titular, different, local.

Another common type of god is associated not with an abstract concept, but with a discrete ethnic group or tribe of people, who take a god (or small group of gods) as their patron.

Source: Ethnic God
Though he turned out the most collected of the group ... Ireth has her whole tribe and family wiped out by a group of Orcs.

Source: Podcast / Gays In Capes
Perhaps the best example of this trope in real life is the Sentinalese tribe, which may very well be the most isolated group of indigenous people on earth.

Source: Lost Tribe

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