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Algonquian vs Algonkin

Algonkin vs Algonquian

Algonquian and Algonkin both are nouns.

Algonquian is an adjective but Algonkin is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
Algonquian Yes Yes No No
Algonkin Yes No No No
As nouns, Algonkin is a hyponym of Algonquian; that is, Algonkin is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than Algonquian:
  • Algonquian: family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains
  • Algonkin: the Algonquian language spoken by the Algonkian
As nouns, Algonkin is a hyponym of Algonquian; that is, Algonkin is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than Algonquian:
  • Algonquian: a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast
  • Algonkin: a member of a North American Indian people in the Ottawa river valley of Ontario and Quebec
Algonquian (noun) Algonkin (noun)
family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains the Algonquian language spoken by the Algonkian
a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast a member of a North American Indian people in the Ottawa river valley of Ontario and Quebec
Algonquian (adjective) Algonkin (adjective)
of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language
Difference between Algonquian and Algonkin

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