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dam vs female

female vs dam

dam and female both are nouns.

dam is not an adjective while female is an adjective.

dam is a verb but female is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
dam Yes No Yes No
female Yes Yes No No
As nouns, female is a hypernym of dam; that is, female is a word with a broader meaning than dam:
  • dam: female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock
  • female: an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)
dam (noun) female (noun)
female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)
a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies
a metric unit of length equal to ten meters
dam (adjective) female (adjective)
being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop
for or pertaining to or composed of women or girls
characteristic of or peculiar to a woman
dam (verb) female (verb)
obstruct with, or as if with, a dam
Difference between dam and female

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