Difference between Plain people and Plains people

plain people—

1. (also: plain men) ordinary or average men; people not given to complex reasoning or speculation:

• The plain people of Northern Ireland are surprised by nothing and shocked by very little.

2. (Plain People) members of religious groups who practice a simple way of life:

• The Plain People, as they are known, won’t use automobiles or tractors, have no telephones, plumbing or political parties.

plains people—

1. (also: plainsmen) inhabitants of the wide open plains of a particular region:

• The appellation “Naga” was actually given to these hill tribes by the plains people.

2. (also: Plains Indians) Indians of the Great Plains of central United States and Canada:

• As a plains people they [the Pawnee] were largely dependent upon the chase.