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Negress vs African-American

African-American vs Negress

Negress and African-American both are nouns.

Negress is not an adjective while African-American is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
Negress Yes No No No
African-American Yes Yes No No
As nouns, African-American is a hypernym of Negress; that is, African-American is a word with a broader meaning than Negress:
  • Negress: a Black woman or girl
  • African-American: a person with African ancestry, "Negro" and "Negroid" are archaic and pejorative today
Other hypernyms of Negress include Black, Negro, Negroid, Black person, blackamoor.
Negress (noun) African-American (noun)
a Black woman or girl a person with African ancestry, "Negro" and "Negroid" are archaic and pejorative today
Negress (adjective) African-American (adjective)
pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry
Difference between Negress and African-American

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