Hellene vs Ionian

Ionian vs Hellene

Hellene and Ionian both are nouns.

Hellene is not an adjective while Ionian is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Hellene	Yes	No	No	No
Ionian	Yes	Yes	No	No

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

Hellene: a native or inhabitant of Greece
Ionian: a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks, spoken in the central west coast of Asia Minor, the islands of Chios and Samos, islands across the central Aegean, and on the large island of Euboea north of Athens

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

Hellene (noun)	Ionian (noun)
a native or inhabitant of Greece	the ancient Greek inhabitants of Attica and related regions in Ionia
	a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks, spoken in the central west coast of Asia Minor, the islands of Chios and Samos, islands across the central Aegean, and on the large island of Euboea north of Athens

Hellene (adjective)	Ionian (adjective)
	of or pertaining to the ancient Ionians who lived in Attica and related territories, to their Ionic dialect of Greek, or to their culture

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