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picaninny vs African-American

African-American vs picaninny

picaninny and African-American both are nouns.

picaninny is not an adjective while African-American is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
picaninny Yes No No No
African-American Yes Yes No No
As nouns, African-American is a hypernym of picaninny; that is, African-American is a word with a broader meaning than picaninny:
  • picaninny: (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child
  • African-American: a person with African ancestry, "Negro" and "Negroid" are archaic and pejorative today
Other hypernyms of picaninny include Black, Negro, Negroid, child, fry, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster, Black person, blackamoor.
picaninny (noun) African-American (noun)
(ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child a person with African ancestry, "Negro" and "Negroid" are archaic and pejorative today
picaninny (adjective) African-American (adjective)
pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry
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