primitive person vs Indo-European

Indo-European vs primitive person

primitive person and Indo-European both are nouns.

primitive person is not an adjective while Indo-European is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
primitive person	Yes	No	No	No
Indo-European	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, Indo-European is a hyponym of primitive person; that is, Indo-European is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than primitive person:

primitive person: a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
Indo-European: a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European

Other hyponyms of primitive person include Aryan, autochthon, Basket Maker, cave dweller, cave man, caveman, troglodyte, Heidelberg man, Homo heidelbergensis, ape-man, missing link, Mound Builder, Piltdown hoax, Piltdown man, barbarian, savage, feral man, wild man.

primitive person (noun)	Indo-European (noun)
a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization	the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia
	a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European

primitive person (adjective)	Indo-European (adjective)
	of or relating to the former Indo-European people
	of or relating to the Indo-European language family

Difference between primitive person and Indo-European

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