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grammatical gender vs masculine

masculine vs grammatical gender

grammatical gender and masculine both are nouns.

grammatical gender is not an adjective while masculine is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
grammatical gender Yes No No No
masculine Yes Yes No No
As nouns, masculine is a hyponym of grammatical gender; that is, masculine is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than grammatical gender:
  • grammatical 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
Other hyponyms of grammatical gender include feminine, neuter.
grammatical gender (noun) masculine (noun)
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 a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male
grammatical 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
Difference between grammatical gender and masculine

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