androgyny vs gender
gender vs androgynyandrogyny and gender both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| androgyny | Yes | No | No | No |
| gender | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
gender is a hypernym of
androgyny; that is, gender is a
word with a broader meaning than androgyny:
- androgyny: showing characteristics of both sexes
- gender: the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles
| androgyny (noun) | gender (noun) |
|---|---|
| showing characteristics of both sexes | the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles |
| a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness |
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