The difference between Female and Gender identity

When used as nouns, female means a human member of the feminine sex or gender, whereas gender identity means a person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender.


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.

check bellow for the other definitions of Female and Gender identity

  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 identity as a noun (psychology):

    A person's sense of self as a member of a particular gender.

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