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Celtic vs Norse - What's the difference?

celtic | norse |

As proper nouns the difference between celtic and norse

is that celtic is a branch of the indo-european languages that was spread widely over western and central europe in the pre-christian era while norse is a collective term for scandinavian (historically norwegian) people.

As adjectives the difference between celtic and norse

is that celtic is of the celts; of the style of the celts while norse is of, or relating to the people, language and culture of scandinavia.

celtic

English

(wikipedia Celtic)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A branch of the Indo-European languages that was spread widely over western and central Europe in the pre-Christian era.
  • Any one of several sports teams. See for a list.

    • Hyponyms

    * (branch of Indo-European) Brythonic, Goidelic

    Derived terms

    * Italo-Celtic * Proto-Celtic

    See also

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    External links

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    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of the Celts; Of the style of the Celts

    • Related terms

    * Celt

    norse

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, or relating to the people, language and culture of Scandinavia.
  • Of, or relating to the North Germanic group of languages.

    • Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A collective term for Scandinavian (historically Norwegian) people.
  • Speakers of any of the North Germanic languages.
  • The ancient language spoken by Vikings, from which modern Scandinavian languages are derived. Icelandic is the most closely related modern version, having changed little due to Iceland's linguistic isolation.

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