Russian vs Great Russian

Great Russian vs Russian

Russian and Great Russian both are nouns.

Russian is an adjective but Great Russian is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Russian	Yes	Yes	No	No
Great Russian	Yes	No	No	No

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

Russian: a native or inhabitant of Russia
Great Russian: a member of the chief stock of Russian people living in European Russia; used to distinguish ethnic Russians from other peoples incorporated into Russia

Other hyponyms of Russian include Tatar, Udmurt, Votyak, Komi, Cheremis, Cheremiss, Mari, Inger, Ingerman, Ingrian, Carelian, Karelian, Khanty, Ostyak, Mordva, Mordvin, Mordvinian, Nganasan, Ostyak-Samoyed, Selkup, Samoyed, Veps, Vepse, Vepsian, Mansi, Vogul, Yeniseian, Muscovite, Georgian, Siberian, Chechen.

Russian (noun)	Great Russian (noun)
the Slavic language that is the official language of Russia	a member of the chief stock of Russian people living in European Russia; used to distinguish ethnic Russians from other peoples incorporated into Russia
a native or inhabitant of Russia

Russian (adjective)	Great Russian (adjective)
of or pertaining to or characteristic of Russia or its people or culture or language

Difference between Russian and Great Russian

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