African American Vernacular English vs African American English

African American Vernacular English and African American English both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
African American Vernacular English	Yes	No	No	No
African American English	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, African American Vernacular English and African American English are synonyms defined as:

African American Vernacular English and African American English: a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States

Other synonyms of African American Vernacular English include AAVE, Black English, Black English Vernacular, Black Vernacular, Black Vernacular English, Ebonics.

African American Vernacular English (noun)	African American English (noun)
a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States	a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States