indie vs independent

indie and independent both are nouns.

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

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

indie (adjective)	independent (adjective)
(of pop groups) not affiliated with a major recording company	free from external control and constraint
	(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