The difference between Mannish and Masculine
When used as adjectives, mannish means resembling or characteristic of a human being, in form or nature, whereas masculine means of or pertaining to the male gender.
Masculine is also noun with the meaning: the masculine gender.
check bellow for the other definitions of Mannish and Masculine
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Mannish as an adjective (now, archaic):
Resembling or characteristic of a human being, in form or nature; human.
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Mannish as an adjective:
Of a woman: resembling or characteristic of a man, masculine.
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Mannish as an adjective:
Resembling or characteristic of a grown man (as opposed to a boy); mature, adult.
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Mannish as an adjective (Caribbean, Guyana):
Impertinent; assertive.
Examples:
"rfquotek Chaucer"
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Masculine as an adjective:
Of or pertaining to the male gender; manly.
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Masculine as an adjective:
Of or pertaining to the male sex; biologically male, not female.
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Masculine as an adjective:
Belonging to males; typically used by males.
Examples:
"“John”, “Paul”, and “Jake” are masculine names."
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Masculine as an adjective:
Having the qualities stereotypically associated with men: virile, aggressive, not effeminate.
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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''."
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Masculine as a noun (grammar):
The masculine gender.
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Masculine as a noun (grammar):
A word of the masculine gender.
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Masculine as a noun:
That which is masculine.
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Masculine as a noun (rare, possibly, _, obsolete):
A man.