gender vs feminine
feminine vs gendergender and feminine both are nouns.
gender is not an adjective while feminine is an adjective.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| gender | Yes | No | No | No |
| feminine | Yes | Yes | No | No |
As nouns,
feminine is a hyponym of
gender; that is, feminine is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
gender:
- gender: a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness
- feminine: a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female
| gender (noun) | feminine (noun) |
|---|---|
| the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles | a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female |
| a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness |
| gender (adjective) | feminine (adjective) |
|---|---|
| associated with women and not with men | |
| female (of grammatical gender) | |
| befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman | |
| (music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable |
Words related to "gender"
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