The difference between Feminine and Male

When used as nouns, feminine means that which is feminine, whereas male means a human member of the masculine sex or gender.

When used as adjectives, feminine means of or pertaining to the female gender, whereas male means belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it.

check bellow for the other definitions of Feminine and Male

  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. Male as an adjective:

    Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it.

    Examples:

    "male writers'', ''the leading male and female singers'', ''a male bird feeding a seed to a female'', ''in bee colonies, all drones are male'', ''intersex male patients"

  2. Male as an adjective:

    Characteristic of this sex/gender. , .}}

    Examples:

    "stereotypically male interests'', ''an insect with typically male coloration"

  3. Male as an adjective:

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

    Examples:

    "the male chromosome''; ''like testes, ovaries also produce testosterone and some other male hormones"

  4. Male as an adjective (grammar, less common than 'masculine'):

    Masculine; of the masculine grammatical gender.

  5. Male as an adjective (figuratively):

    Of instruments, tools, or connectors: designed to fit into or penetrate a female counterpart, as in a connector, pipe fitting or laboratory glassware.

  1. Male as a noun (sometimes, _, offensive):

    One of the male (masculine) sex or gender. A human member of the masculine sex or gender. An animal of the sex that has testes. A plant of the masculine sex.

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