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What is the difference between indian and asian?

indian | asian |

Asian is a synonym of indian.



As adjectives the difference between indian and asian

is that indian is of or relating to India or its people; or (formerly) of the East Indies while Asian is of, relating to or from Asia.

As nouns the difference between indian and asian

is that indian is a person from India while Asian is a person from Asia.

As a proper noun Indian

is any language spoken by Indians.

indian

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Of or relating to India or its people; or (formerly) of the East Indies.
  • (obsolete) Eastern; Oriental.
  • * 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , volume 10:
    • The morrow next apprear'd with purple hayre / Yet dropping fresh out of the Indian fount, / And bringing light into the heavens fayre .
  • (dated) Of or relating to the indigenous peoples of the Americas.
  • (North America) Of foods: made with Indian corn or maize.
    • Indian''' bread; '''Indian meal
  • (chess) Designating any of various chess openings now characterised by black's attempt to control the board through knights and fianchettoed bishops rather than with a central pawn advance.

    • Synonyms

    * (of or or relating to India or its people) (l), (l) * (of or related to indigenous peoples of the Americas) (l), (l), (l) (chiefly Canadian), (l)

    Derived terms

    * Amerindian (American Indian) * Hindian (Asian Indian) * Indian clover * Indian elephant * Indian file * Indian giving * Indian Ocean * Indian red * Indian sign * Indian style * Indian sunburn * Indian tea * too many chiefs and not enough Indians *

    Related terms

    * Indo-

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person from India.
  • A member of one of the indigenous peoples of the Americas (generally excluding the Aleut, Inuit, Metis, or Yupik).
  • *
  • (UK, colloquial) A meal at (or taken away from) an Indian restaurant.
    • We're going out tonight for an Indian .

    Synonyms

    * (person from India) Asian Indian * (indigenous person of the Americas) Amerindian, Native American, Red Indian * (indigenous person of the Americas) Native Canadian, First Nations person * See also

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (nonstandard) Any language spoken by Indians.

    • Statistics

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    asian

    English

    (Asian people)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person from Asia.
  • (US, Canada, Australia), A person who originates from the Indian subcontinent, East and Southeast Asia, sometimes excluding the Indian subcontinent.
  • (US, NZ), A person who originates from East or Southeast Asia, very rarely used in reference to people from the Indian subcontinent.
  • (UK, South Africa), A person who originates from the Indian subcontinent, sometimes including East and Southeast Asia.
  • A domestic cat of a breed similar to the Burmese.

    • Synonyms

    * (person from Asia ): * (person from east Asia ): East Asian, Oriental * (person from the Indian subcontinent''): South Asian, Indian (''loosely''), Pakistani (''loosely''), Bangladeshi (''loosely )

    Adjective

    (-)
  • of, relating to or from Asia