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grammatical gender vs neuter

neuter vs grammatical gender

grammatical gender and neuter both are nouns.

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

grammatical gender is not a verb while neuter is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
grammatical gender Yes No No No
neuter Yes Yes Yes No
As nouns, neuter is a hyponym of grammatical gender; that is, neuter 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
  • neuter: a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine)
Other hyponyms of grammatical gender include feminine, masculine.
grammatical gender (noun) neuter (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 inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine)
grammatical gender (adjective) neuter (adjective)
neither male nor female (of grammatical gender)
having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex organs
grammatical gender (verb) neuter (verb)
remove the ovaries of
Difference between grammatical gender and neuter

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