caste means 1.Social status or position conferred by a system based on class 2.A social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth while clan are group of people related by blood or marriage. cowboy...

i think you want to know the difference between caste and clan Caste 1 - any of the four main divisions of Hindu society, originally those made according to functions in society Example : the caste system high-caste Brahmins 2 - a social class, especially one whose members do not allow others to join it Example : the ruling caste 3 - the system of dividing society into classes based on differences in family origin, rank or wealth ............................................................... Clan a group of families who are related to each other, especially in Scotland. Example : the Macleod clan clan warfare 2 - (informal, sometimes humorous) a very large family, or a group of people who are connected because of a particular thing example : one of a growing clan of stars who have left Hollywood