Ionian vs Greek

Greek vs Ionian

Ionian and Greek both are nouns.

Ionian and Greek both are adjectives.

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

As nouns, Greek is a hypernym of Ionian; that is, Greek is a word with a broader meaning than Ionian:

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
Greek: a native or inhabitant of Greece

Other hypernyms of Ionian include Hellene.

Ionian (noun)	Greek (noun)
the ancient Greek inhabitants of Attica and related regions in Ionia	the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages
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	a native or inhabitant of Greece

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

Difference between Ionian and Greek

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