The difference between Epicene and Intersexual
When used as nouns, epicene means an epicene word, whereas intersexual means an intersex person.
When used as adjectives, epicene means of or related to a class of greek and latin nouns that may refer to men or women but have a fixed grammatical gender, whereas intersexual means between the sexes.
check bellow for the other definitions of Epicene and Intersexual
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Epicene as an adjective (linguistics):
Of or related to a class of Greek and Latin nouns that may refer to men or women but have a fixed grammatical gender.
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Epicene as an adjective (linguistics):
Of or related to nouns (in any language) that have a single form for male and female referents.
Examples:
"synonyms: common"
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Epicene as an adjective (biology, _, &, _, figuratively):
Of indeterminate sex, whether asexual, hermaphrodite, androgynous, or intersex.
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Epicene as an adjective (figuratively, of, _, men, usually, _, pejorative):
Effeminate.
Examples:
"synonyms: effeminate"
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Epicene as an adjective (figuratively):
Indeterminate; mixed.
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Epicene as an adjective:
Suitable for use regardless of sex: unisex.
Examples:
"synonyms: unisex"
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Epicene as a noun (linguistics):
An epicene word.
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Epicene as a noun (linguistics, with definite article):
The epicene words of a language as a class.
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Epicene as a noun:
An epicene person, an androgyne, whether biologically asexual, intersex, or hermaphrodite or of indeterminate sex in behavior and appearance.
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Epicene as a noun (of, _, men, usually, _, pejorative):
An effeminate man, particularly a man dressed as a woman.
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Intersexual as an adjective (of a competition, etc.):
Between the sexes.
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Intersexual as an adjective (biology):
Having both male and female characteristics, or characteristics intermediate between the sexes.
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Intersexual as a noun:
An intersex person.