Athapascan vs Indian

Indian vs Athapascan

Athapascan and Indian both are nouns.

Athapascan is not an adjective while Indian is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Athapascan	Yes	No	No	No
Indian	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, Indian is a hypernym of Athapascan; that is, Indian is a word with a broader meaning than Athapascan:

Athapascan: a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir)
Indian: any of the languages spoken by Amerindians

Other hypernyms of Athapascan include American-Indian language, American Indian, American Indian language, Amerind, Amerind language, Amerindian language, Indian language.

Athapascan (noun)	Indian (noun)
a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir)	any of the languages spoken by Amerindians
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	a native or inhabitant of India

Athapascan (adjective)	Indian (adjective)
	of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures
	of or pertaining to Native Americans or their culture or languages

Difference between Athapascan and Indian

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