Siouan vs Plains Indian

Plains Indian vs Siouan

Siouan and Plains Indian both are nouns.

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

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

As nouns, Plains Indian is a hypernym of Siouan; that is, Plains 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
Plains 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 Buffalo Indian.

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

Difference between Siouan and Plains Indian

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