American vs Spanish American

Spanish American vs American

American and Spanish American both are nouns.

American is an adjective but Spanish American is not an adjective.

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

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

American: a native or inhabitant of the United States
Spanish American: an American whose first language is Spanish

Other hyponyms of American include Asian American, Creole, Anglo-American, Alabaman, Alabamian, Alaskan, Arizonan, Arizonian, Arkansan, Arkansawyer, Bay Stater, Bostonian, Californian, Carolinian, Coloradan, Connecticuter, Delawarean, Delawarian, Floridian, Franco-American, German American, Georgian, Hawaiian, Idahoan, Illinoisan, Hoosier, Indianan, Iowan, Kansan, Bluegrass Stater, Kentuckian, Louisianan, Louisianian, Down Easter, Mainer, Marylander, Michigander, Wolverine, Gopher, Minnesotan, Mississippian, Missourian, Montanan, Cornhusker, Nebraskan, Nevadan, Granite Stater, New Hampshirite, Garden Stater, New Jerseyan, New Jerseyite, New Mexican, New Yorker, North Carolinian, Tarheel, North Dakotan, Buckeye, Ohioan, Oklahoman, Sooner, Beaver, Oregonian, Keystone Stater, Pennsylvanian, Rhode Islander, South Carolinian, South Dakotan, Tennessean, Volunteer, Texan, Utahan, Vermonter, Virginian, Washingtonian, Washingtonian, West Virginian, Badger, Wisconsinite, Wyomingite, Puerto Rican, Yank, Yankee-Doodle, Yankee, Appalachian, New Englander, Yankee, Nisei, Southerner, Hispanic, Hispanic American, Tory, Northerner, Yank, Yankee, African American, Afro-American, Black American.

American (noun)	Spanish American (noun)
the English language as used in the United States	an American whose first language is Spanish
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)	Spanish American (adjective)
of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas
of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture

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