Siouan vs Santee Sioux

Santee Sioux vs Siouan

Siouan and Santee Sioux both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

Difference between Siouan and Santee Sioux

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