caste vs status

caste

noun
  • A separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly associate with each other. 

  • Hyponyms: Brahmin, Kshatriya, Shudra, Vaishya, varna 

  • Any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies. 

  • A class of polymorphous eusocial insects of a particular size and function within a colony. 

status

noun
  • A person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others. 

  • The state (of a Canadian First Nations person) of being registered under the Indian Act. 

  • Prestige or high standing. 

  • A situation or state of affairs. 

  • The legal condition of a person or thing. 

  • A function of some instant messaging applications, whereby a user may post a message that appears automatically to other users, if they attempt to make contact. 

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