criollo vs Spanish American

criollo and Spanish American both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
criollo	Yes	No	No	No
Spanish American	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Spanish American is a hypernym of criollo; that is, Spanish American is a word with a broader meaning than criollo:

Other hypernyms of criollo include Hispanic, Hispanic American.

criollo (noun)	Spanish American (noun)
cocoa of superior quality	an American whose first language is Spanish
a Spanish American of pure European stock (usually Spanish)