Sinhalese vs Sanskrit

Sanskrit vs Sinhalese

Sinhalese and Sanskrit both are nouns.

Sinhalese is an adjective but Sanskrit is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Sinhalese	Yes	Yes	No	No
Sanskrit	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Sanskrit is a hypernym of Sinhalese; that is, Sanskrit is a word with a broader meaning than Sinhalese:

Sinhalese: the Indic language spoken by the people of Sri Lanka
Sanskrit: (Hinduism) an ancient language of India (the language of the Vedas and of Hinduism); an official language of India although it is now used only for religious purposes

Other hypernyms of Sinhalese include Sanskrit language, Sanskritic language.

Sinhalese (noun)	Sanskrit (noun)
the Indic language spoken by the people of Sri Lanka	(Hinduism) an ancient language of India (the language of the Vedas and of Hinduism); an official language of India although it is now used only for religious purposes
of an ethnic group native to Sri Lanka

Sinhalese (adjective)	Sanskrit (adjective)
of or relating to the Sinhalese people
of or relating to the Sinhalese languages

Difference between Sinhalese and Sanskrit

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