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Russian vs Serbian - What's the difference?

russian | serbian |

As adjectives the difference between russian and serbian

is that russian is of or pertaining to russia while serbian is (eo-form of).

As a noun russian

is a person from russia.

As a proper noun russian

is the russian language.

russian

Alternative forms

* (abbreviation):

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
  • Derived terms

    * Russianize / Russianise ** Russianization / Russianisation

    See also

    *

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The Russian language.
  • See also

    * (ru)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to Russia.
  • Of or pertaining to the Russian language.
  • (dated) Of or pertaining to Rus.
  • Derived terms

    * Russian roulette * White Russian * Russian minutes

    See also

    ; Russian alphabet (Cyrillic) Vocabulary * Language list

    serbian

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A native or inhabitant of Serbia.
  • A Serb.
  • Usage notes

    A distinction is often made between .

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs.
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • Of, from, or pertaining to Serbia and Serbians.
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  • Of or pertaining to Serbian language.
  • Derived terms

    * Serbian salad

    See also

    * * * (projectlink) * Language list

    Anagrams

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