Erie vs Iroquois

Iroquois vs Erie

Erie and Iroquois both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Erie	Yes	No	No	No
Iroquois	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Iroquois is a hypernym of Erie; that is, Iroquois is a word with a broader meaning than Erie:

Erie: a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York
Iroquois: any member of the warlike North American Indian peoples formerly living in New York State; the Iroquois League were allies of the British during the American Revolution

Erie (noun)	Iroquois (noun)
a port city on Lake Erie in northwestern Pennsylvania	a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois
the 4th largest of the Great Lakes; it is linked to the Hudson River by the New York State Barge Canal	any member of the warlike North American Indian peoples formerly living in New York State; the Iroquois League were allies of the British during the American Revolution
a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York

Difference between Erie and Iroquois

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