distaff vs feminine

distaff and feminine both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
distaff	Yes	Yes	No	No
feminine	Yes	Yes	No	No

distaff (noun)	feminine (noun)
the staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning	a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female
the sphere of work by women

distaff (adjective)	feminine (adjective)
characteristic of or peculiar to a woman	associated with women and not with men
	female (of grammatical gender)
	befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman
	(music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable