Asian vs Persian

Persian vs Asian

Asian and Persian both are nouns.

Asian and Persian both are adjectives.

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

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

Asian: a native or inhabitant of Asia
Persian: a native or inhabitant of Iran

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, Iraki, Iraqi, Israelite, Israeli, Japanese, Nipponese, Jordanian, Korean, Kurd, Kuwaiti, Lao, Laotian, Lebanese, Malaysian, 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)	Persian (noun)
a native or inhabitant of Asia	the language of Persia (Iran) in any of its ancient forms
	a native or inhabitant of Iran

Asian (adjective)	Persian (adjective)
of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture	of or relating to Iran or its people or language or culture

Difference between Asian and Persian

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