Siouan vs Eastern Sioux

Eastern Sioux vs Siouan

Siouan and Eastern Sioux both are nouns.

Siouan is an adjective but Eastern Sioux is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Siouan	Yes	Yes	No	No
Eastern Sioux	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Eastern Sioux is a hyponym of Siouan; that is, Eastern Sioux is a word with a more specific, narrower 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
Eastern Sioux: a member of the eastern branch of the Sioux

Other hyponyms of Siouan include Biloxi, Tunica-Biloxi, Catawba, Crow, Crow Nation, Dakota, Dhegiha, Gros Ventre, Hidatsa, Iowa, Ioway, Missouri, Missouria, Ofo, Oto, Otoe, Santee, Santee Dakota, Santee Sioux, Lakota, Teton, Teton Dakota, Teton Sioux, Tutelo, Winnebago.

Siouan (noun)	Eastern Sioux (noun)
a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Sioux	a member of the eastern branch of the Sioux
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)	Eastern Sioux (adjective)
of or relating to the Sioux people or their language and culture

Difference between Siouan and Eastern Sioux

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