potlatch vs ceremony

ceremony vs potlatch

potlatch and ceremony both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
potlatch	Yes	No	No	No
ceremony	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, ceremony is a hypernym of potlatch; that is, ceremony is a word with a broader meaning than potlatch:

potlatch: a ceremonial feast held by some Indians of the northwestern coast of North America (as in celebrating a marriage or a new accession) in which the host gives gifts to tribesmen and others to display his superior wealth (sometimes, formerly, to his own impoverishment)
ceremony: a formal event performed on a special occasion

Other hypernyms of potlatch include feast, fete, fiesta, ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, observance.

potlatch (noun)	ceremony (noun)
a ceremonial feast held by some Indians of the northwestern coast of North America (as in celebrating a marriage or a new accession) in which the host gives gifts to tribesmen and others to display his superior wealth (sometimes, formerly, to his own impoverishment)	the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion
	any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way
	a formal event performed on a special occasion

Difference between potlatch and ceremony

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