African vs Congolese

Congolese vs African

African and Congolese both are nouns.

African and Congolese both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
African	Yes	Yes	No	No
Congolese	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, Congolese is a hyponym of African; that is, Congolese is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than African:

African: a native or inhabitant of Africa
Congolese: a native or inhabitant of the Republic of the Congo

Other hyponyms of African include Black African, Eurafrican, Algerian, Angolan, Basotho, Bantu, Beninese, Burundian, Cameroonian, Carthaginian, Chadian, Cewa, Chewa, Chichewa, Djiboutian, Egyptian, Ethiopian, Ewe, Fellata, Fula, Fulah, Fulani, Fulbe, Gabonese, Kenyan, Liberian, Libyan, Madagascan, Malawian, Malian, Mauritanian, Moroccan, Mozambican, Namibian, Nigerian, Nigerien, Senegalese, Sierra Leonean, South African, Sudanese, Swazi, Tanzanian, Togolese, Tuareg, Tunisian, Ugandan, Gambian, Ghanian, Guinean, Rwandan, Somali, Somalian, Xhosa, Zairean, Zairese, Zambian, Zimbabwean, Zulu, Berber.

African (noun)	Congolese (noun)
a native or inhabitant of Africa	a native or inhabitant of the Republic of the Congo

African (adjective)	Congolese (adjective)
of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples	of or relating to or characteristic of the Congo region or its people

Difference between African and Congolese

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