Hebrew vs Sephardic Jew

Sephardic Jew vs Hebrew

Hebrew and Sephardic Jew both are nouns.

Hebrew is an adjective but Sephardic Jew is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Hebrew	Yes	Yes	No	No
Sephardic Jew	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Sephardic Jew is a hyponym of Hebrew; that is, Sephardic Jew is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than Hebrew:

Hebrew: a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties
Sephardic Jew: a Jew who is of Spanish or Portuguese or North African descent

Other hyponyms of Hebrew include Ashkenazi, Conservative Jew, Essene, Jewess, hymie, kike, sheeny, yid, Levite, Orthodox Jew, Pharisee, Reform Jew, Sadducee, Sephardi, Wandering Jew, Zealot, Zionist.

Hebrew (noun)	Sephardic Jew (noun)
the ancient Canaanitic language of the Hebrews that has been revived as the official language of Israel	a Jew who is of Spanish or Portuguese or North African descent
a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties

Hebrew (adjective)	Sephardic Jew (adjective)
of or relating to the language of the Hebrews
of or relating to or characteristic of the Hebrews

Difference between Hebrew and Sephardic Jew

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