Germanic vs Old Norse language

Old Norse language vs Germanic

Germanic and Old Norse language both are nouns.

Germanic is an adjective but Old Norse language is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, Old Norse language is a hyponym of Germanic; that is, Old Norse language 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
Old Norse language: the extinct Germanic language of medieval Scandinavia and Iceland from about to 700 to 1350

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

Germanic (noun)	Old Norse language (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 extinct Germanic language of medieval Scandinavia and Iceland from about to 700 to 1350

Germanic (adjective)	Old Norse language (adjective)
of or relating to the language of Germans
of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languages

Difference between Germanic and Old Norse language

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