colony vs colonial

colony and colonial both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
colony	Yes	No	No	No
colonial	Yes	Yes	No	No

colony (noun)	colonial (noun)
a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government	a resident of a colony
a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together
(microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell
a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated

colony (adjective)	colonial (adjective)
	of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a colony
	of animals who live in colonies, such as ants
	composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony