The difference between Male and Masculine

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

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

check bellow for the other definitions of Male and Masculine

  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.

  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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