category vs sex

sex vs category

category and sex both are nouns.

category is not a verb while sex is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
category	Yes	No	No	No
sex	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

category: a collection of things sharing a common attribute
sex: either of the two categories (male or female) into which most organisms are divided

Other hyponyms of category include grammatical category, syntactic category, paradigm, substitution class, brass family, violin family, woodwind family, stamp, declension, conjugation, denomination, histocompatibility complex, weight class.

category (noun)	sex (noun)
a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme	activities associated with sexual intercourse
a collection of things sharing a common attribute	the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles
	all of the feelings resulting from the urge to gratify sexual impulses
	either of the two categories (male or female) into which most organisms are divided

category (verb)	sex (verb)
	tell the sex (of young chickens)
	to evoke sexual feelings

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