African vs Ape - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between african and ape

is that african is of or pertaining to Africa while ape is wild; crazy.

As nouns the difference between african and ape

is that african is a native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race while ape is a primate of the clade Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail.

As a verb ape is

to behave like an ape.

african

English

Alternative forms

* Afric

Adjective

(-)

Of or pertaining to Africa.

Derived terms

* African elephant * African hemp * African marigold * African oak * African penguin * African teak * African violet * North African * South African

Hyponyms

* Maghrebi * Congolese * Ethiopian * Ugandan * Zimbabwean * Mozambican

Noun

(en noun)

A native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race.

* 2007 , African Immigrant Religions in America (ISBN 0814762409):

Africans constitute significantly growing populations not only in major urban centers such as New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, and Atlanta but also in small and midsize cities in states such as Ohio and Maine.

Hyponyms

* sub-Saharan, Maghrebi

Derived terms

* Africanism

Anagrams

ape

English

(wikipedia ape)

Noun

(en noun)

A primate of the clade Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail.

Any such primate other than a human.

(derogatory) An uncivilised person.

Hyponyms

* See also

Derived terms

* ape-baboon * ape-bearer * apedom * apehood * apelike * apeling * apely * apeman * apeshit * go ape * naked ape

Verb

(ap)

To behave like an ape.

To imitate; mimic.

* 1961 , J. A. Philip, "Mimesis in the Sophistês'' of Plato," ''Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association , vol. 92, p. 454,

It is not conceived as a mere “aping ” in externals nor as an enacting in the sense of assuming a foreign role.

Derived terms

Adjective

(-)

Wild; crazy.

We were ape over the new look.

He went ape when he heard the bad news.

Anagrams

* * * * ----