beast vs male

beast and male both are nouns.

beast is not an adjective while male is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
beast	Yes	No	No	No
male	Yes	Yes	No	No

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

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

Other hyponyms of beast 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.

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

beast (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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