animate being vs male

male vs animate being

animate being and male both are nouns.

animate being is not an adjective while male is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
animate being	Yes	No	No	No
male	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, male is a hyponym of animate being; that is, male is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than animate being:

animate being: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
male: an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)

Other hyponyms of animate being include pest, critter, creepy-crawly, darter, peeper, homeotherm, homoiotherm, homotherm, ectotherm, poikilotherm, range animal, varment, varmint, scavenger, work animal, domestic animal, domesticated animal, feeder, migrator, molter, moulter, pet, stayer, stunt, marine animal, marine creature, sea animal, sea creature, female, adult, offspring, young, pureblood, purebred, thoroughbred, giant, survivor, mutant, herbivore, insectivore, acrodont, pleurodont, zooplankton, conceptus, embryo, fertilized egg, chordate, invertebrate, metazoan, omnivore, predator, predatory animal, prey, quarry, game, hexapod, biped, larva, racer, fictional animal, captive, mate, albino, spirit animal.

animate being (noun)	male (noun)
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement	an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)
	a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies

animate being (adjective)	male (adjective)
	being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation
	for or pertaining to or composed of men or boys
	characteristic of a man

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