A crowd of kids

[Untaught88]

Hi,

Which one is used: a crowd of kids or a gang of kids and what does "kid" mean?

 

[emsr2d2]

There is no straight answer to that question. There is no official collective term for children. "Kid" is an informal term for a child or teenager.

Please give us some complete sentences to consider to see if we think there's a difference between "crowd" and "gang" in context.

 

[Lynxear]

hahaha... We don't have enough context to decide what "kid" means. It could be slang for a young child. However perhaps the writer is afraid of goats as a "kid" also means young goat.

I am joking, of course. However, I have rarely heard either of the phrases that you have posted used in conversation or writing when discussing children.

A "crowd" suggests an unorganized group. A "gang" implies an organized group.

 

[Tdol]

A gang can often be used to imply a group of young people who are involved in criminal activity or bad behaviour.