white man vs White

White vs white man

white man and White both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
white man	Yes	No	No	No
White	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, White is a hypernym of white man; that is, White is a word with a broader meaning than white man:

white man: a man who is White
White: a person of European descent with a light-skinned or pale complexion

Other hypernyms of white man include Caucasian, White person, adult male, man.

white man (noun)	White (noun)
a man who is White	a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri
	a person of European descent with a light-skinned or pale complexion
	United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918)
	United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)
	United States architect (1853-1906)
	United States political journalist (1915-1986)
	Australian writer (1912-1990)
	United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft; noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921)

Difference between white man and White

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