The difference between Feminine and Gender

When used as nouns, feminine means that which is feminine, 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.

Feminine is also adjective with the meaning: of or pertaining to the female gender.

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

check bellow for the other definitions of Feminine and Gender

  1. Feminine as an adjective:

    Of or pertaining to the female gender; womanly.

  2. Feminine as an adjective:

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

  3. Feminine as an adjective:

    Belonging to females; typically used by females.

    Examples:

    "Mary, Elizabeth, and Edith are feminine names."

  4. Feminine as an adjective:

    Having the qualities stereotypically associated with women: nurturing, not aggressive.

  5. Feminine as an adjective (grammar):

    Of, pertaining or belonging to the female grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.

  1. Feminine as a noun:

    That which is feminine.

  2. Feminine as a noun (rare, possibly, _, obsolete):

    A woman.

  3. Feminine as a noun (grammar):

    The feminine gender.

  4. Feminine as a noun (grammar):

    A word of the feminine gender.

  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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