Greek vs Dorian

Dorian vs Greek

Greek and Dorian both are nouns.

Greek and Dorian both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Greek	Yes	Yes	No	No
Dorian	Yes	Yes	No	No

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

Greek: a native or inhabitant of Greece
Dorian: a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks, spoken in the southern and eastern Peloponnese, Crete, Rhodes, some islands in the southern Aegean Sea, some cities on the coasts of Asia Minor, Southern Italy, Sicily, Epirus and Macedon

Other hyponyms of Greek include Achaean, Achaian, Aeolian, Eolian, Ionian, Athenian, Corinthian, Laconian, Lesbian, Spartan, Arcadian, Theban, Argive, Ephesian, Mycenaen, Thessalian, Thessalonian.

Greek (noun)	Dorian (noun)
the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages	the ancient Greek inhabitants of Doris who entered Greece from the north about 1100 BC
a native or inhabitant of Greece	a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks, spoken in the southern and eastern Peloponnese, Crete, Rhodes, some islands in the southern Aegean Sea, some cities on the coasts of Asia Minor, Southern Italy, Sicily, Epirus and Macedon

Greek (adjective)	Dorian (adjective)
of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language	of or relating to the ancient Greek inhabitants of Doris, to their Doric dialect of Greek, or to their culture

Difference between Greek and Dorian

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