femaleness vs female

femaleness and female both are nouns.

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

femaleness (noun)	female (noun)
the properties characteristic of the female sex	an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)
	a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies

femaleness (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