Siouan vs Santee Dakota

Santee Dakota vs Siouan

Siouan and Santee Dakota both are nouns.

Siouan is an adjective but Santee Dakota is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Siouan	Yes	Yes	No	No
Santee Dakota	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Santee Dakota is a hyponym of Siouan; that is, Santee Dakota 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
Santee Dakota: 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, Eastern Sioux, Santee, Santee Sioux, Lakota, Teton, Teton Dakota, Teton Sioux, Tutelo, Winnebago.

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

Difference between Siouan and Santee Dakota

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