fellow vs male

fellow and male both are nouns.

fellow is not an adjective while male is an adjective.

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

As nouns, male is a hypernym of fellow; that is, male is a word with a broader meaning than fellow:

fellow: a boy or man
male: a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies

Other hypernyms of fellow include male person.

fellow (noun)	male (noun)
a boy or man	an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)
a man who is the lover of a man or woman	a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies
a friend who is frequently in the company of another
a person who is member of one's class or profession
an informal form of address for a man
a member of a learned society
one of a pair

fellow (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

Difference between fellow and male

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