Apache vs Athapaskan

Apache and Athapaskan both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Apache	Yes	No	No	No
Athapaskan	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Athapaskan is a hypernym of Apache; that is, Athapaskan is a word with a broader meaning than Apache:

Apache: the language of the Apache
Athapaskan: a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir)

Other hypernyms of Apache include Athabascan, Athabaskan, Athapascan, Athapaskan language.

As nouns, Athapaskan is a hypernym of Apache; that is, Athapaskan is a word with a broader meaning than Apache:

Apache: any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico); fought a losing battle from 1861 to 1886 with the United States and were resettled in Oklahoma
Athapaskan: a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Athapaskan language and living in the subarctic regions of western Canada and central Alaska

Other hypernyms of Apache include Athabascan, Athabaskan, Athapascan.

Apache (noun)	Athapaskan (noun)
the language of the Apache	a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir)
any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico); fought a losing battle from 1861 to 1886 with the United States and were resettled in Oklahoma	a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Athapaskan language and living in the subarctic regions of western Canada and central Alaska