The difference between Ethnic and Exotic
When used as nouns, ethnic means an ethnic person, especially a foreigner or member of an immigrant community, whereas exotic means an organism that is exotic to an environment.
When used as adjectives, ethnic means of or relating to a group of people having common racial, national, religious or cultural origins, whereas exotic means foreign, especially in an exciting way.
check bellow for the other definitions of Ethnic and Exotic
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Ethnic as an adjective:
Of or relating to a group of people having common racial, national, religious or cultural origins.
Examples:
"There are many ethnic Indonesians in the Netherlands"
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Ethnic as an adjective:
Belonging to a foreign culture.
Examples:
"I like to eat ethnic food"
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Ethnic as an adjective:
Representative of a folk or traditional mode of expression.
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Ethnic as an adjective (historical):
Heathen, not Judeo-Christian-Muslim.
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Ethnic as a noun:
An ethnic person, especially a foreigner or member of an immigrant community.
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Ethnic as a noun:
An ethnic minority.
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Ethnic as a noun (archaic):
A heathen, a pagan.
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Ethnic as a noun:
(in classical scholarship) the demonym of an Ancient Greek city
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Exotic as an adjective:
Foreign, especially in an exciting way.
Examples:
"an exotic appearance"
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Exotic as an adjective:
Non-native to the ecosystem.
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Exotic as an adjective (finance):
Being or relating to an option with features that make it more complex than commonly traded options.
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Exotic as a noun (biology):
An organism that is exotic to an environment.
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Exotic as a noun:
An exotic dancer; a stripteaser.
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Exotic as a noun (physics):
Any exotic particle.
Examples:
"Glueballs, theoretical particles composed only of gluons, are exotics."