Asian vs coolie

coolie vs Asian

Asian and coolie both are nouns.

Asian is an adjective but coolie is not an adjective.

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

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

Asian: a native or inhabitant of Asia
coolie: (ethnic slur) an offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer

Other hyponyms of Asian include 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, 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)	coolie (noun)
a native or inhabitant of Asia	(ethnic slur) an offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer

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

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