The difference between Female and Masculine

When used as nouns, female means a human member of the feminine sex or gender, whereas masculine means the masculine gender.

When used as adjectives, female means belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically associated with it, whereas masculine means of or pertaining to the male gender.

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  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. Masculine as an adjective:

    Of or pertaining to the male gender; manly.

  2. Masculine as an adjective:

    Of or pertaining to the male sex; biologically male, not female.

  3. Masculine as an adjective:

    Belonging to males; typically used by males.

    Examples:

    "“John”, “Paul”, and “Jake” are masculine names."

  4. Masculine as an adjective:

    Having the qualities stereotypically associated with men: virile, aggressive, not effeminate.

  5. Masculine as an adjective (grammar):

    Of, pertaining or belonging to the male grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions. Being of the masculine class, or grammatical gender, and inflected in that manner. Being inflected in agreement with the masculine noun.

    Examples:

    "The noun ''Student'' is masculine in German."

    "German uses the masculine form of the definite article, ''der'', with ''Student''."

  1. Masculine as a noun (grammar):

    The masculine gender.

  2. Masculine as a noun (grammar):

    A word of the masculine gender.

  3. Masculine as a noun:

    That which is masculine.

  4. Masculine as a noun (rare, possibly, _, obsolete):

    A man.

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