Caucasian vs poor white trash

poor white trash vs Caucasian

Caucasian and poor white trash both are nouns.

Caucasian is an adjective but poor white trash is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Caucasian	Yes	Yes	No	No
poor white trash	Yes	No	No	No

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

Caucasian: a person of European descent with a light-skinned or pale complexion
poor white trash: (slang) an offensive term for White people who are impoverished

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

Caucasian (noun)	poor white trash (noun)
a number of languages spoken in the Caucasus that are unrelated to languages spoken elsewhere	(slang) an offensive term for White people who are impoverished
a person of European descent with a light-skinned or pale complexion

Caucasian (adjective)	poor white trash (adjective)
of or relating to the geographical region of Caucasia
of or relating to Caucasian people

Difference between Caucasian and poor white trash

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