feminine vs female

feminine and female both are nouns.

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

feminine (noun)	female (noun)
a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female	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

feminine (adjective)	female (adjective)
associated with women and not with men	being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop
female (of grammatical gender)	for or pertaining to or composed of women or girls
befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman	characteristic of or peculiar to a woman
(music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable