Siouan vs Buffalo Indian

Buffalo Indian vs Siouan

Siouan and Buffalo Indian both are nouns.

Siouan is an adjective but Buffalo Indian is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Siouan	Yes	Yes	No	No
Buffalo Indian	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Buffalo Indian is a hypernym of Siouan; that is, Buffalo Indian is a word with a broader meaning than Siouan:

Siouan: a member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains
Buffalo Indian: a member of one of the tribes of American Indians who lived a nomadic life following the buffalo in the Great Plains of North America

Other hypernyms of Siouan include Plains Indian.

Siouan (noun)	Buffalo Indian (noun)
a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Sioux	a member of one of the tribes of American Indians who lived a nomadic life following the buffalo in the Great Plains of North America
a member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains

Siouan (adjective)	Buffalo Indian (adjective)
of or relating to the Sioux people or their language and culture

Difference between Siouan and Buffalo Indian

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