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African vs Nigerian

Nigerian vs African

African and Nigerian both are nouns.

African and Nigerian both are adjectives.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
African Yes Yes No No
Nigerian Yes Yes No No
As nouns, Nigerian is a hyponym of African; that is, Nigerian is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than African:
  • African: a native or inhabitant of Africa
  • Nigerian: a native or inhabitant of Nigeria
Other hyponyms of African include Black African, Eurafrican, Algerian, Angolan, Basotho, Bantu, Beninese, Burundian, Cameroonian, Carthaginian, Chadian, Cewa, Chewa, Chichewa, Congolese, Djiboutian, Egyptian, Ethiopian, Ewe, Fellata, Fula, Fulah, Fulani, Fulbe, Gabonese, Kenyan, Liberian, Libyan, Madagascan, Malawian, Malian, Mauritanian, Moroccan, Mozambican, Namibian, 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) Nigerian (noun)
a native or inhabitant of Africa a native or inhabitant of Nigeria
African (adjective) Nigerian (adjective)
of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples of or relating to the people of Nigeria
of or relating to Nigeria
Difference between African and Nigerian

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