Hispanic vs Nonhispanic - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between hispanic and nonhispanic

is that hispanic is of or relating to Spain while nonHispanic is not Hispanic.

is a Spanish-speaking person.

(en adjective)

Of or relating to Spain

Of or relating to a Spanish-speaking people or culture, as in Latin America.

Houses in New Mexico, California and Florida exhibit a strong Hispanic architectural influence.

(historical) Of or pertaining to the Iberian peninsula, its people, its culture or its languages.

(colloquial) mestizo.

* (of Spain) Spanish * (of Spanish-speaking people) Latin, Latino * (of Iberia) Iberian, Hispanian

* Hispanicism * Hispanicity * Hispanicise, Hispanicize * Hispanicisation, Hispanicization

(en noun)

A Spanish-speaking person.

A person residing in the United States, Latin America or worldwide of Spanish ancestry

(colloquial) a mestizo.

(-)

Not Hispanic.