Caucasian vs Aryan

Aryan vs Caucasian

Caucasian and Aryan both are nouns.

Caucasian and Aryan both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Caucasian	Yes	Yes	No	No
Aryan	Yes	Yes	No	No

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

Caucasian: a person of European descent with a light-skinned or pale complexion
Aryan: (according to Nazi doctrine) a Caucasian person of Nordic descent (and not a Jew)

Other hyponyms of Caucasian include Circassian, Semite, Cassite, Kassite, Elamite, white man, white woman, poor white trash, white trash, honkey, honkie, honky, whitey, WASP, white Anglo-Saxon Protestant, paleface.

Caucasian (noun)	Aryan (noun)
a number of languages spoken in the Caucasus that are unrelated to languages spoken elsewhere	a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European
a person of European descent with a light-skinned or pale complexion	(according to Nazi doctrine) a Caucasian person of Nordic descent (and not a Jew)

Caucasian (adjective)	Aryan (adjective)
of or relating to the geographical region of Caucasia	of or relating to the former Indo-European people
of or relating to Caucasian people

Difference between Caucasian and Aryan

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