The difference between Gender-free and Male

When used as adjectives, gender-free means (identifying themselves as) having no gender, as being neither male nor female nor any third gender, whereas male means belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it.

Male is also noun with the meaning: a human member of the masculine sex or gender.

check bellow for the other definitions of Gender-free and Male

  1. Gender-free as an adjective (of people, not gradable):

    Free of gender; not having or not attaching relevance to gender. (Identifying themselves as) having no gender, as being neither male nor female nor any third gender. Socially acceptable for and available to any gender. Which does not define people in the basis of gender; in which gender is not present, or is insignificant or irrelevant to people's lives and choices. Appropriately used of, or perceived as being appropriately used of, any 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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