The difference between Male and Womanly
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 womanly means having the characteristics of a woman.
Male is also noun with the meaning: a human member of the masculine sex or gender.
Womanly is also adverb with the meaning: in the manner of a woman.
check bellow for the other definitions of Male and Womanly
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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.
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Womanly as an adjective:
Having the characteristics of a woman; feminine, female.
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Womanly as an adverb:
In the manner of a woman.