Asian vs habitant

Asian and habitant both are nouns.

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

As nouns, habitant is a hypernym of Asian; that is, habitant is a word with a broader meaning than Asian:

Other hypernyms of Asian include denizen, dweller, indweller, inhabitant, person of color, person of colour.

Asian (noun)	habitant (noun)
a native or inhabitant of Asia	a person who inhabits a particular place

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