African vs Sierra Leonean

Sierra Leonean vs African

African and Sierra Leonean both are nouns.

African and Sierra Leonean both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
African	Yes	Yes	No	No
Sierra Leonean	Yes	Yes	No	No

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

African: a native or inhabitant of Africa
Sierra Leonean: a native or inhabitant of Sierra Leone

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, Nigerian, Nigerien, Senegalese, South African, Sudanese, Swazi, Tanzanian, Togolese, Tuareg, Tunisian, Ugandan, Gambian, Ghanian, Guinean, Rwandan, Somali, Somalian, Xhosa, Zairean, Zairese, Zambian, Zimbabwean, Zulu, Berber.

African (noun)	Sierra Leonean (noun)
a native or inhabitant of Africa	a native or inhabitant of Sierra Leone

African (adjective)	Sierra Leonean (adjective)
of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples	of or relating to Sierra Leone or its people

Difference between African and Sierra Leonean

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