The difference between Female and Gender

When used as nouns, female means a human member of the feminine sex or gender, whereas gender means a division of nouns and pronouns (and sometimes of other parts of speech) into masculine or feminine, and sometimes other categories like neuter or common.

Female is also adjective with the meaning: belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically associated with it.

Gender is also verb with the meaning: to assign a gender to (a person).

check bellow for the other definitions of Female and Gender

  1. Female as an adjective:

    Belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically associated with it.

    Examples:

    "female authors'', ''the leading male and female artists'', ''a female bird cooing at a male'', ''intersex female patients'', ''a trans female vlogger"

  2. Female as an adjective:

    Characteristic of this sex/gender. , .}}

    Examples:

    "stereotypically female pastimes'', ''an insect with typically female coloration"

  3. Female as an adjective:

    Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.

    Examples:

    "the female chromosome''; ''estrogen, the primary female sex hormone, is produced by both females and males"

  4. Female as an adjective (grammar, less common than 'feminine'):

    Feminine; of the feminine grammatical gender.

  5. Female as an adjective (figuratively):

    Having an internal socket, as in a connector or pipe fitting.

  1. Female as a noun (sometimes, _, offensive, see usage notes):

    One of the female (feminine) sex or gender. A human member of the feminine sex or gender. An animal of the sex that produces eggs. A plant which produces only that kind of reproductive organ capable of developing into fruit after impregnation or fertilization; a pistillate plant.

  1. Gender as a noun (grammar):

    Grammatical gender. A division of nouns and pronouns (and sometimes of other parts of speech) into masculine or feminine, and sometimes other categories like neuter or common. Any division of nouns and pronouns (and sometimes of other parts of speech), such as masculine / feminine / neuter, or animate / inanimate.

  2. Gender as a noun (obsolete):

    Class; kind.

  3. Gender as a noun (now, sometimes, _, proscribed):

    Sex .

    Examples:

    "the gene is activated in both genders"

    "The effect of the medication is dependent upon age, gender, and other factors."

  4. Gender as a noun (sociology):

    Identification as a man, a woman or something else, and association with a (social) role or set of behavioral and cultural traits, clothing, etc; a category to which a person belongs on this basis.

  5. Gender as a noun (hardware):

    The quality which distinguishes connectors, which may be male (fitting into another connector) and female (having another connector fit into it), or genderless/androgynous (capable of fitting together with another connector of the same type).

  1. Gender as a verb (sociology):

    To assign a gender to (a person); to perceive as having a gender; to address using terms (pronouns, nouns, adjectives...) that express a certain gender.

  2. Gender as a verb (sociology):

    To perceive (a thing) as having characteristics associated with a certain gender, or as having been authored by someone of a certain gender.

  1. Gender as a verb (archaic):

    To engender.

  2. Gender as a verb (archaic, or, obsolete):

    To breed.

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