American vs Native American

Native American vs American

American and Native American both are nouns.

American and Native American both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
American	Yes	Yes	No	No
Native American	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, Native American is a hyponym of American; that is, Native American is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than American:

American: a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country
Native American: any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived

Other hyponyms of American include Amerindian, Creole, Latin American, Latino, North American, South American, Mesoamerican, West Indian.

American (noun)	Native American (noun)
the English language as used in the United States	any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived
a native or inhabitant of the United States
a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country

American (adjective)	Native American (adjective)
of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas	of or pertaining to Native Americans or their culture or languages
of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture

Difference between American and Native American

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