Aboriginal vs. Indigenous

Aboriginaladjective

First according to historical or scientific records; original; indigenous; primitive.

Aboriginaladjective

Living in a land before colonization by the Europeans.

Aboriginalnoun

An animal or plant native to a region.

Aboriginaladjective

First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America.

Aboriginaladjective

Of or pertaining to aborigines; as, a Hindu of aboriginal blood.

Aboriginalnoun

An original inhabitant of any land; one of the aborigines.

Aboriginalnoun

An animal or a plant native to the region.

Aboriginalnoun

a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived

Aboriginaladjective

being or composed of people inhabiting a region from the beginning;

Aboriginaladjective

having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state;

Indigenousadjective

Born or engendered in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion.

Indigenousadjective

Innate, inborn.

Indigenousadjective

Of or relating to the native inhabitants of a land.

Indigenousadjective

Of or relating to a language, culture, or ethnic group that has not spread by colonization, or that has been on the receiving end of colonization.

Indigenousadjective

Native; produced, growing, or living, naturally in a country or climate; not exotic; not imported.

Indigenousadjective

Native; inherent; innate.

Indigenousadjective

originating where it is found;

Indigenousadjective

originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native