Black man vs African-American
African-American vs Black manBlack man and African-American both are nouns.
Black man is not an adjective while African-American is an adjective.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black man | Yes | No | No | No |
| African-American | Yes | Yes | No | No |
As nouns,
African-American is a hypernym of
Black man; that is, African-American is a
word with a broader meaning than Black man:
- Black man: a man who is Black
- African-American: a person with African ancestry, "Negro" and "Negroid" are archaic and pejorative today
Other hypernyms of Black man include
Black, Negro, Negroid, adult male, man, Black person, blackamoor.
| Black man (noun) | African-American (noun) |
|---|---|
| a man who is Black | a person with African ancestry, "Negro" and "Negroid" are archaic and pejorative today |
| Black man (adjective) | African-American (adjective) |
|---|---|
| pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry |
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