Russian vs Indian - What's the difference?
russian | indian |
A person from Russia.
An ethnic Russian: a member of the East Slavic ethnic group which is native to, and constitutes the majority of the population of, Russia.
A domestic cat breed.
A cat of this breed.
A type of juggling ball with a hard outer shell, filled with salt, sand or another similar substance.
Of or pertaining to Russia.
Of or pertaining to the Russian language.
(dated) Of or pertaining to Rus.
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:
(dated) Of or relating to the indigenous peoples of the Americas.
(North America) Of foods: made with Indian corn or maize.
(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.
A person from India.
A member of one of the indigenous peoples of the Americas (generally excluding the Aleut, Inuit, Metis, or Yupik).
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(UK, colloquial) A meal at (or taken away from) an Indian restaurant.
As nouns the difference between russian and indian
is that russian is a person from russia while indian is indian, american indian (a member of one of the indigenous peoples of the americas).As a proper noun russian
is the russian language.As an adjective russian
is of or pertaining to russia.russian
English
(wikipedia Russian)Alternative forms
* (abbreviation):Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* Russianize / Russianise ** Russianization / RussianisationSee also
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* (ru)External links
*Adjective
(en adjective)Derived terms
* Russian roulette * White Russian * Russian minutesSee also
; Russian alphabet (Cyrillic) Vocabulary * Language listindian
English
Adjective
(-)- The morrow next apprear'd with purple hayre / Yet dropping fresh out of the Indian fount, / And bringing light into the heavens fayre .
- Indian''' bread; '''Indian meal
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 *Noun
(en noun)- We're going out tonight for an Indian .