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African-American vs jigaboo

jigaboo vs African-American

African-American and jigaboo both are nouns.

African-American is an adjective but jigaboo is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
African-American Yes Yes No No
jigaboo Yes No No No
As nouns, jigaboo is a hyponym of African-American; that is, jigaboo is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than African-American:
  • African-American: a person with African ancestry, "Negro" and "Negroid" are archaic and pejorative today
  • jigaboo: (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person
African-American (noun) jigaboo (noun)
a person with African ancestry, "Negro" and "Negroid" are archaic and pejorative today (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person
African-American (adjective) jigaboo (adjective)
pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry
Difference between African-American and jigaboo

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