The difference between Sworn virgin and Transgender

When used as nouns, sworn virgin means a person, born a woman, who adopts a traditional masculine third-gender or transmasculine role in the balkans, wearing masculine clothing and performing masculine tasks, and traditionally swearing a vow of chastity, whereas transgender means transgenderism.


Transgender is also verb with the meaning: to change the gender of.

Transgender is also adjective with the meaning: having a gender (identity) which is different from the sex one was assigned at birth: being assigned male at birth but having a female gender or vice versa.

check bellow for the other definitions of Sworn virgin and Transgender

  1. Sworn virgin as a noun:

    A person, born a woman, who adopts a traditional masculine third-gender or transmasculine role in the Balkans, wearing masculine clothing and performing masculine tasks, and traditionally swearing a vow of chastity.

  2. Sworn virgin as a noun:

  1. Transgender as an adjective (narrowly):

    Having a gender (identity) which is different from the sex one was assigned at birth: being assigned male at birth but having a female gender or vice versa; or, pertaining to such people.

  2. Transgender as an adjective (broadly):

    Not identifying with culturally conventional gender roles and categories of male or female; having changed gender identity from male to female or female to male, or identifying with elements of both, or having some other gender identity; or, pertaining to such people.

  3. Transgender as an adjective (of a space):

    Intended primarily for transgender people.

  4. Transgender as an adjective (of a space):

    Available for use by transgender people (in addition to non-transgender people).

  1. Transgender as a noun (uncountable, now, rare):

    Transgenderism; the state of being transgender.

  2. Transgender as a noun (countable, now, often, offensive):

    A transgender person.

  1. Transgender as a verb (uncommon):

    To change the gender of; to change the sex of.