Crowd vs. Public

Crowdverb

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

Crowdverb

(intransitive) To press together or collect in numbers

Crowdverb

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

Crowdverb

(transitive) To fill by pressing or thronging together

Crowdverb

To push, to press, to shove.

Crowdverb

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

Crowdverb

To carry excessive sail in the hope of moving faster.

Crowdverb

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

Crowdverb

To play on a crowd; to fiddle.

Crowdnoun

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

Crowdnoun

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

Crowdnoun

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

Crowdnoun

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

Crowdnoun

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Crowdnoun

A fiddle.

Crowdverb

To push, to press, to shove.

Crowdverb

To press or drive together; to mass together.

Crowdverb

To fill by pressing or thronging together; hence, to encumber by excess of numbers or quantity.

Crowdverb

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

Crowdverb

To press together or collect in numbers; to swarm; to throng.

Crowdverb

To urge or press forward; to force one's self; as, a man crowds into a room.

Crowdverb

To play on a crowd; to fiddle.

Crowdnoun

A number of things collected or closely pressed together; also, a number of things adjacent to each other.

Crowdnoun

A number of persons congregated or collected into a close body without order; a throng.

Crowdnoun

The lower orders of people; the populace; the vulgar; the rabble; the mob.

Crowdnoun

An ancient instrument of music with six strings; a kind of violin, being the oldest known stringed instrument played with a bow.

Crowdnoun

a large number of things or people considered together;

Crowdnoun

an informal body of friends;

Crowdverb

cause to herd, drive, or crowd together;

Crowdverb

fill or occupy to the point of overflowing;

Crowdverb

to gather together in large numbers;

Crowdverb

approach a certain age or speed;

Crowd

Generally speaking, a crowd is defined as a group of people that have gathered for a common purpose or intent such as at a demonstration, a sports event, or during looting (this is known as an acting crowd), or may simply be made up of many people going about their business in a busy area. The term may sometimes refer to the lower orders of people in general.

Publicadjective

Able to be seen or known by everyone; open to general view, happening without concealment.

Publicadjective

Pertaining to the people as a whole (as opposed to a private group); concerning the whole country, community etc.

Publicadjective

Officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the state on behalf of the community.

Publicadjective

Open to all members of a community; especially, provided by national or local authorities and supported by money from taxes.

Publicadjective

(of a company) Traded publicly via a stock market.

Publicnoun

The people in general, regardless of membership of any particular group.

Publicnoun

(archaic) A public house; an inn.

Publicadjective

Of or pertaining to the people; belonging to the people; relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community; - opposed to private; as, the public treasury.

Publicadjective

Open to the knowledge or view of all; general; common; notorious; as, public report; public scandal.

Publicadjective

Open to common or general use; as, a public road; a public house.

Publicnoun

The general body of mankind, or of a nation, state, or community; the people, indefinitely; as, the American public; also, a particular body or aggregation of people; as, an author's public.

Publicnoun

A public house; an inn.

Publicnoun

people in general considered as a whole;

Publicnoun

a body of people sharing some common interest;

Publicadjective

not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole;

Publicadjective

affecting the people or community as a whole;

Public

In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individual people, and the public (a.k.a. the general public) is the totality of such groupings.