Aztec vs. Mayan — What's the Difference?

A member of a people of central Mexico whose civilization was at its height at the time of the Spanish conquest in the early 16th century.

A Maya.

The Nahuatl language of the Aztecs.

A linguistic stock of Central America that includes Quiché and Yucatec.

Of or relating to the Aztecs or their language, culture, or empire.

Of or relating to the Maya, their culture, or the Mayan linguistic stock.

Of or relating to one of the early races in Mexico that inhabited the great plateau of that country at the time of the Spanish conquest in 1519.

Designating, or pertaining to, an American Indian linguistic stock occupying the Mexican States of Veracruz, Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, and Yucatan, together with a part of Guatemala and a part of El Salvador. See 2nd Maya.

A member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519

Of or pertaining to the Mayas.

A member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between AD 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy;

A family of American Indian languages spoken by Mayan peoples