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pickaninny vs African-American

African-American vs pickaninny

pickaninny and African-American both are nouns.

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

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
pickaninny Yes No No No
African-American Yes Yes No No
As nouns, African-American is a hypernym of pickaninny; that is, African-American is a word with a broader meaning than pickaninny:
  • pickaninny: (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 pickaninny include Black, Negro, Negroid, child, fry, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster, Black person, blackamoor.
pickaninny (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
pickaninny (adjective) African-American (adjective)
pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry
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