female vs woman

woman vs female

female and woman both are nouns.

female is an adjective but woman is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
female	Yes	Yes	No	No
woman	Yes	No	No	No

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

female: a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies
woman: an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

Other hyponyms of female include female offspring, female child, girl, little girl, foster-sister, foster sister, girl wonder, adult female, eonni, noona, nuna, fangirl.

female (noun)	woman (noun)
an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)	women as a class
a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies	an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
	a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man

female (adjective)	woman (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

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