Germanic vs Norse

Norse vs Germanic

Germanic and Norse both are nouns.

Germanic and Norse both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Germanic	Yes	Yes	No	No
Norse	Yes	Yes	No	No

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

Germanic: a branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic
Norse: the northern family of Germanic languages that are spoken in Scandinavia and Iceland

Other hyponyms of Germanic include West Germanic, West Germanic language, Proto-Norse, Proto-Norse language, Old Norse, Old Norse language, Nordic, North Germanic, North Germanic language, Scandinavian, Scandinavian language, East Germanic, East Germanic language.

Germanic (noun)	Norse (noun)
a branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic	the northern family of Germanic languages that are spoken in Scandinavia and Iceland
	a native or inhabitant of Norway
	an inhabitant of Scandinavia

Germanic (adjective)	Norse (adjective)
of or relating to the language of Germans	of or relating to Norway or its people or culture or language
of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languages	of or relating to Scandinavia or its peoples or cultures

Difference between Germanic and Norse

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