What is the difference between 'spanish' and 'spaniard'?

Question

Or are they the same thing?

Answer 1

Good question.

Spanish is a language. A Spaniard is a person who is from Spain or speaks Spanish. You can say "a spanish person" or you could just say "a spaniard" which means a spanish person.

Just so you know, all other spanish speaking countries and people that live there are not Spanish, they are "Hispanic." Or you may hear a lot of the time "Latino or Latina."

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

'Spaniard' is a noun meaning a person from Spain.

'Spanish' can be a noun meaning the Spanish language, or it can be an adjective describing people, things, or concepts pertaining to Spain.

Answer 3

"Spanish" is an adjective, whereas "Spaniard" is a noun.

e.g. "The Spanish waiter had a moustache" (i.e. the word "Spanish" modifies the word "waiter")

e.g. "The Spaniard rode a bike" (i.e. the "Spaniard" is the subject).

Answer 4

I'm a Spaniard who speaks Spanish and who's also Spanish.

Spaniard is a noun, Spanish is an adjective and the name of the language.

Answer 5

Spanish is the language of Spain and other countries.

Spaniards are the people from Spain.

Answer 6

Spanish is the language that a spaniard speaks.