adult male vs father-figure

adult male and father-figure both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
adult male	Yes	No	No	No
father-figure	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, father-figure is a hyponym of adult male; that is, father-figure is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than adult male:

adult male: an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
father-figure: a man (often a powerful or influential man) who arouses emotions usually felt for your real father and with whom you identify psychologically

Other hyponyms of adult male include white man, Englishman, Irishman, abbot, archimandrite, assemblyman, baboo, babu, bachelor, unmarried man, beggarman, bey, bondman, bondsman, bondman, bondsman, boy, beau, boyfriend, fellow, swain, ex-boyfriend, bruiser, bull, Samson, strapper, businessman, man of affairs, coiffeur, committeeman, councilman, countryman, countryman, ruralist, courtier, beau, clotheshorse, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, gallant, sheik, swell, danseur, danseur noble, ejaculator, enchanter, enlisted man, Esq, Esquire, castrate, eunuch, father figure, father surrogate, buster, dude, fellow, fiance, groom-to-be, boss, chief, foreman, gaffer, honcho, foreman, backwoodsman, frontiersman, mountain man, galoot, geezer, gentleman, divorced man, grass widower, bridegroom, groom, bridegroom, groom, groomsman, bozo, cat, guy, hombre, sod, headmaster, master, schoolmaster, hero, Herr, Hooray Henry, housefather, hunk, hubby, husband, married man, ex-husband, ex, inamorato, iron man, ironman, ironside, king, male monarch, Rex, kinsman, leading man, Lord, noble, nobleman, adonis, masseur, master, middle-aged man, hero, Monsieur, accoucheur, obstetrician, old boy, old man, graybeard, greybeard, Methuselah, old man, paterfamilias, patriarch, Peter Pan, point man, ponce, posseman, poster boy, non-Christian priest, priest, prince, millionaire, salesman, schoolboy, schoolmaster, selectman, Senhor, shaver, Arab chief, sheik, sheikh, tribal sheik, tribal sheikh, signior, signor, signore, sir, spokesman, stiff, he-man, macho-man, stud, sartor, seamster, tailor, Tarzan, tempter, vestryman, viscount, laundryman, washerman, widower, widowman, philanderer, womaniser, womanizer, golden boy, wonder boy, young buck, young man, policeman, lollipop man, cleaning man, horseman, newsman, showboy, gay man, shirtlifter, boy Friday, Black man, madman, airman, charman, statesman, cattleman, cowboy, cowman, fanboy, yellow man, barman, agony uncle, cover boy, air host, washman, loose man, Scotchman, Scotsman, oarsman, outdoorsman, oppa, brony.

adult male (noun)	father-figure (noun)
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)	a man (often a powerful or influential man) who arouses emotions usually felt for your real father and with whom you identify psychologically

adult male vs father-figure

adult male and father-figure both are nouns.

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