The difference between Macho and Male
When used as nouns, macho means a macho person, whereas male means a human member of the masculine sex or gender.
When used as adjectives, macho means tending to display masculine characteristics, such as domineering, fierceness, bravado, etc., in ways that are showily and histrionically tough, 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 Macho and Male
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Macho as an adjective (informal):
tending to display masculine characteristics, such as domineering, fierceness, bravado, etc., in ways that are showily and histrionically tough
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Macho as a noun:
A macho person; a person who tends to display masculine characteristics, such as domineering, fierceness, and bravado.
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Macho as a noun:
The striped mullet of California (Mugil cephalus, syn. ).
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Macho as a noun:
A male llama.
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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"
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Male as an adjective:
Characteristic of this sex/gender. , .}}
Examples:
"stereotypically male interests'', ''an insect with typically male coloration"
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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"
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Male as an adjective (grammar, less common than 'masculine'):
Masculine; of the masculine grammatical gender.
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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.
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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.