Muskogean vs Native American

Native American vs Muskogean

Muskogean and Native American both are nouns.

Muskogean is not an adjective while Native American is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Muskogean	Yes	No	No	No
Native American	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, Native American is a hypernym of Muskogean; that is, Native American is a word with a broader meaning than Muskogean:

Muskogean: a member of any of the peoples formerly living in southeastern United States and speaking Muskhogean languages
Native American: any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived

Other hypernyms of Muskogean include Amerindian.

Muskogean (noun)	Native American (noun)
a family of North American Indian languages spoken in the southeastern United States	any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived
a member of any of the peoples formerly living in southeastern United States and speaking Muskhogean languages

Muskogean (adjective)	Native American (adjective)
	of or pertaining to Native Americans or their culture or languages

Difference between Muskogean and Native American

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