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male vs adult male

adult male vs male

male and adult male both are nouns.

male is an adjective but adult male is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
male Yes Yes No No
adult male Yes No No No
As nouns, adult male is a hyponym of male; that is, adult male is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than male:
  • male: a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies
  • adult male: an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
Other hyponyms of male include boy wonder, blighter, bloke, chap, cuss, fella, feller, fellow, gent, lad, foster-brother, foster brother, macho, boy, male child, male offspring, man-child, man, man, man, mother's son, sirrah, sunbae.
male (noun) adult male (noun)
an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova) an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies
male (adjective) adult male (adjective)
being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation
for or pertaining to or composed of men or boys
characteristic of a man
Difference between male and adult male

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