Shoshoni vs Native American

Native American vs Shoshoni

Shoshoni and Native American both are nouns.

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

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

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

Shoshoni: a member of the North American Indian people (related to the Aztecs) of the southwestern United States
Native American: any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived

Other hypernyms of Shoshoni include Amerindian.

Shoshoni (noun)	Native American (noun)
a member of the North American Indian people (related to the Aztecs) of the southwestern United States	any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived

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

Difference between Shoshoni and Native American

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