They differ in a lot of ways.
Americans are mostly white, Filipinos are dark skinned.
Americans are mostly of European descent. Filipinos are of Austronesian descent.
Americans see and use one official language - English. The Philippines use both English and Filipino.
Filipinos tend to be more religious than your ordinary Americans, although not as radical as you see in Alabama.
A Filipino is often bilingual or multilingual while an American is monolingual.
