American vs Yankee

Yankee vs American

American and Yankee both are nouns.

American and Yankee both are adjectives.

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

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

American: a native or inhabitant of the United States
Yankee: an American (especially to non-Americans)

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, Appalachian, New Englander, Nisei, Southerner, Hispanic, Hispanic American, Spanish American, Tory, Northerner, Yank, African American, Afro-American, Black American.

American (noun)	Yankee (noun)
the English language as used in the United States	an American (especially to non-Americans)
a native or inhabitant of the United States	an American who lives in New England
a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country	an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)

American (adjective)	Yankee (adjective)
of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas	used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier)
of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture

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