Algonquian vs Amerindian

Amerindian vs Algonquian

Algonquian and Amerindian both are nouns.

Algonquian is an adjective but Amerindian is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Algonquian	Yes	Yes	No	No
Amerindian	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Amerindian is a hypernym of Algonquian; that is, Amerindian is a word with a broader 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
Amerindian: any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived

Other hypernyms of Algonquian include Native American.

Algonquian (noun)	Amerindian (noun)
family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains	any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived
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

Algonquian (adjective)	Amerindian (adjective)
of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language

Difference between Algonquian and Amerindian

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