Indo-European language vs Greek

Greek vs Indo-European language

Indo-European language and Greek both are nouns.

Indo-European language is not an adjective while Greek is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Indo-European language	Yes	No	No	No
Greek	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, Greek is a hyponym of Indo-European language; that is, Greek is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than Indo-European language:

Indo-European language: the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia
Greek: the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages

Other hyponyms of Indo-European language include PIE, Proto-Indo European, Proto-Indo European language, Albanian, Albanian language, Armenian, Armenian language, Illyrian, Thraco-Phrygian, Balto-Slavic, Balto-Slavic language, Balto-Slavonic, Germanic, Germanic language, Celtic, Celtic language, Italic, Italic language, Tocharian, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Iranian language, Anatolian, Anatolian language, Hellenic, Hellenic language, Centum language.

Indo-European language (noun)	Greek (noun)
the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia	the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages
	a native or inhabitant of Greece

Indo-European language (adjective)	Greek (adjective)
	of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language

Difference between Indo-European language and Greek

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