No. Although both <span>people </span><span>and </span>peoples<span> are grammatically correct, they cannot be used interchangeably because they have different meanings.</span>
<span>Case 1: When you use it in the sense of </span>one people, many peoples: <span>Here, </span>people<span> (singular) means a group of human beings belonging to a particular race/ethnicity. The plural of such groups is called </span>peoples. <span>E.g. </span> <span>The different peoples of the world have very diverse traditions.</span><span>The Ukrainians are a nice people.</span> <span>Case 2: When you use it in the sense of </span>one person, many people: <span>Here, </span>people<span> means a group of persons. This is the regular and most common usage of the word </span>people. <span>E.g. </span> <span>There are more than a billion people in India</span>
This format has infinite variations, but imagine one that goes like this: A man is driving in his old car and pulls up next to a new, shiny car at a stop light. (paragraph 7)
Explanation: The coordinate conjunction "but" connects the two independent clauses in this sentence.