gender vs masculine
masculine vs gendergender and masculine both are nouns.
gender is not an adjective while masculine is an adjective.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| gender | Yes | No | No | No |
| masculine | Yes | Yes | No | No |
As nouns,
masculine is a hyponym of
gender; that is, masculine 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
- masculine: a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male
| gender (noun) | masculine (noun) |
|---|---|
| the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles | a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male |
| 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) | masculine (adjective) |
|---|---|
| associated with men and not with women | |
| male (of grammatical gender) | |
| (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable |
Words related to "gender"
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