feminine vs distaff

feminine and distaff both are nouns.

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

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

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