independent vs indie

independent and indie both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
independent	Yes	Yes	No	No
indie	Yes	Yes	No	No

independent (noun)	indie (noun)
a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them	a pop group not affiliated with a major record company
a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)	an independent film company not associated with an established studio

independent (adjective)	indie (adjective)
free from external control and constraint	(of pop groups) not affiliated with a major recording company
(of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence
(of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces
not controlled by a party or interest group