Indian vs Iroquois

Iroquois vs Indian

Indian and Iroquois both are nouns.

Indian is an adjective but Iroquois is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Indian	Yes	Yes	No	No
Iroquois	Yes	No	No	No

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

Indian: any of the languages spoken by Amerindians
Iroquois: a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois

Other hyponyms of Indian include Algonquian, Algonquian language, Algonquin, Atakapa, Atakapa language, Atakapan, Atakapan language, Attacapa, Attacapa language, Attacapan, Attacapan language, Athabascan, Athabaskan, Athapascan, Athapaskan, Athapaskan language, Muskhogean, Muskhogean language, Muskogean, Muskogean language, Na-Dene, Mosan, Caddo, Caddoan, Caddoan language, Iroquoian, Iroquoian language, Kechua, Kechua language, Kechuan, Kechuan language, Quechua, Quechua language, Quechuan, Quechuan language, Maracan language, Maraco, Maraco language, Tupi-Guarani, Tupi-Guarani language, Arawak, Arawakan, Carib, Caribbean language, Uto-Aztecan, Uto-Aztecan language, Maya, Mayan, Mayan language, Siouan, Siouan language, Tanoan, Tanoan language, Hoka, Hokan, Penutian.

Indian (noun)	Iroquois (noun)
any of the languages spoken by Amerindians	a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois
a native or inhabitant of India	any member of the warlike North American Indian peoples formerly living in New York State; the Iroquois League were allies of the British during the American Revolution

Indian (adjective)	Iroquois (adjective)
of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures
of or pertaining to Native Americans or their culture or languages

Difference between Indian and Iroquois

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