Caucasian vs Elamite

Elamite vs Caucasian

Caucasian and Elamite both are nouns.

Caucasian is an adjective but Elamite is not an adjective.

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

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

Caucasian: a person of European descent with a light-skinned or pale complexion
Elamite: a member of an ancient warlike people living in Elam east of Babylonia as early as 3000 BC

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

Caucasian (noun)	Elamite (noun)
a number of languages spoken in the Caucasus that are unrelated to languages spoken elsewhere	an extinct ancient language of unknown affinities; spoken by the Elamites
a person of European descent with a light-skinned or pale complexion	a member of an ancient warlike people living in Elam east of Babylonia as early as 3000 BC

Caucasian (adjective)	Elamite (adjective)
of or relating to the geographical region of Caucasia
of or relating to Caucasian people

Difference between Caucasian and Elamite

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