whitey vs vernacular

whitey and vernacular both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
whitey	Yes	No	No	No
vernacular	Yes	Yes	No	No

whitey (noun)	vernacular (noun)
(slang) offensive names for a White man	the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)
	a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)

whitey (adjective)	vernacular (adjective)
	being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language