East Indies vs Malayan

East Indies and Malayan both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
East Indies	Yes	No	No	No
Malayan	Yes	Yes	No	No

East Indies (noun)	Malayan (noun)
a group of islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans between Asia and Australia	a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago

East Indies (adjective)	Malayan (adjective)
	of or relating to or characteristic of the people or language of Malaysia and the northern Malay Peninsula and parts of the western Malay Archipelago
	of or relating to or characteristic of Malaysia