Bantu vs African

African vs Bantu

Bantu and African both are nouns.

Bantu and African both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Bantu	Yes	Yes	No	No
African	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, African is a hypernym of Bantu; that is, African is a word with a broader meaning than Bantu:

Bantu: a member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of Central and South Africa
African: a native or inhabitant of Africa

Bantu (noun)	African (noun)
a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent	a native or inhabitant of Africa
a member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of Central and South Africa

Bantu (adjective)	African (adjective)
of or relating to the African people who speak one of the Bantoid languages or to their culture	of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples

Difference between Bantu and African

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