Caucasian vs Kassite

Kassite vs Caucasian

Caucasian and Kassite both are nouns.

Caucasian is an adjective but Kassite is not an adjective.

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

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

Caucasian: a person of European descent with a light-skinned or pale complexion
Kassite: a member of an ancient people who ruled Babylonia between 1600 and 1200 BC

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

Caucasian (noun)	Kassite (noun)
a number of languages spoken in the Caucasus that are unrelated to languages spoken elsewhere	an ancient language spoken by the Kassites
a person of European descent with a light-skinned or pale complexion	a member of an ancient people who ruled Babylonia between 1600 and 1200 BC

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

Difference between Caucasian and Kassite

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