The difference between Female and Girl

When used as nouns, female means a human member of the feminine sex or gender, whereas girl means a female child, adolescent, or young woman.


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.

Girl is also verb with the meaning: to feminize or girlify.

check bellow for the other definitions of Female and Girl

  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. Girl as a noun:

    A female child, adolescent, or young woman.

    Examples:

    "Amanda is a girl of 16."

  2. Girl as a noun:

    A young female animal.

  3. Girl as a noun:

    Any woman, regardless of her age.

  4. Girl as a noun:

    A female servant; a maid.

  5. Girl as a noun (uncommon, card games):

    A queen (the playing card.)

  6. Girl as a noun (colloquial):

  7. Girl as a noun:

    One's girlfriend.

  8. Girl as a noun:

    One's daughter.

    Examples:

    "Your girl turned up on our doorstep."

  9. Girl as a noun (UK, dialect, obsolete):

    A roebuck two years old.

  10. Girl as a noun (US, slang):

    Cocaine, especially in powder form.

  1. Girl as a verb (transitive):

    To feminize or girlify.

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