humanities vs English

English vs humanities

humanities and English both are nouns.

humanities is not an adjective while English is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
humanities	Yes	No	No	No
English	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, English is a hyponym of humanities; that is, English is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than humanities:

humanities: studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
English: the discipline that studies the English language and literature

Other hyponyms of humanities include neoclassicism, classicalism, classicism, Romantic Movement, Romanticism, interior design, history, art history, chronology, beaux arts, fine arts, performing arts, Occidentalism, Oriental Studies, Orientalism, philosophy, literary study, library science, linguistics, philology, musicology, Sinology, stemmatics, stemmatology, trivium, quadrivium, game studies, ludology, Etruscology, area studies, film studies, cultural studies, theatre studies, theatrology, textual scholarship.

humanities (noun)	English (noun)
studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)	the discipline that studies the English language and literature
	an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
	(sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist
	the people of England

humanities (adjective)	English (adjective)
	of or relating to or characteristic of England or its culture or people
	of or relating to the English language

Difference between humanities and English

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