Greek vs Eolian

Eolian vs Greek

Greek and Eolian both are nouns.

Greek is an adjective but Eolian is not an adjective.

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

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

Greek: a native or inhabitant of Greece
Eolian: a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks, spoken in Boethia, Thessaly, in the Aegean island of Lesbos, and the Greek colonies of Asia Minor

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

Greek (noun)	Eolian (noun)
the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages	a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks, spoken in Boethia, Thessaly, in the Aegean island of Lesbos, and the Greek colonies of Asia Minor
a native or inhabitant of Greece

Greek (adjective)	Eolian (adjective)
of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language

Difference between Greek and Eolian

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