folk vs national

folk

adj
  • Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a land, their culture, tradition, or history. 

  • Of or pertaining to common people as opposed to ruling classes or elites. 

  • Of or related to local building materials and styles. 

  • Believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically correct or rigorous. 

noun
  • People in general. 

  • The inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants. 

  • One’s relatives, especially one’s parents. 

  • A particular group of people. 

national

adj
  • Belonging to or characteristic of a specific nation or country, as opposed to others. 

  • Pertaining to a nation or country, especially as a whole; affecting, shared by, or existing throughout all of a nation. 

noun
  • A subject of a nation. 

  • A tournament in which participants from all over the nation compete. 

  • A national newspaper. 

How often have the words folk and national occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )