Asian vs Malaysian

Malaysian vs Asian

Asian and Malaysian both are nouns.

Asian and Malaysian both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Asian	Yes	Yes	No	No
Malaysian	Yes	Yes	No	No

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

Asian: a native or inhabitant of Asia
Malaysian: a native or inhabitant of Malaysia

Other hyponyms of Asian include coolie, cooly, Evenki, Ewenki, Mongol, Mongolian, Indian, Eurasian, Afghan, Afghanistani, Altaic, Armenian, Bangladeshi, Bengali, Bhutanese, Bhutani, Burmese, Byzantine, Cambodian, Kampuchean, Chinese, East Indian, Malay, Malayan, Hindoo, Hindu, Hindustani, Hmong, Miao, Indonesian, Irani, Iranian, Persian, Iraki, Iraqi, Israelite, Israeli, Japanese, Nipponese, Jordanian, Korean, Kurd, Kuwaiti, Lao, Laotian, Lebanese, Maldivan, Maldivian, Nepalese, Nepali, Pakistani, Parthian, Singhalese, Sinhalese, Sherpa, Syrian, Taiwanese, Tadzhik, Tajik, Siamese, Tai, Thai, Tibetan, Turki, Kazakhstani, Annamese, Vietnamese, Singaporean, Sri Lankan, Dardan, Dardanian, Trojan, Iberian, Mongoloid, Timorese, oriental person.

Asian (noun)	Malaysian (noun)
a native or inhabitant of Asia	the Malay language spoken in Malaysia or neighbouring countries
	a native or inhabitant of Malaysia

Asian (adjective)	Malaysian (adjective)
of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture	of or relating to or characteristic of Malaysia

Difference between Asian and Malaysian

Words related to "Malaysian"

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