male vs foster-brother

foster-brother vs male

male and foster-brother both are nouns.

male is an adjective but foster-brother is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
male	Yes	Yes	No	No
foster-brother	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, foster-brother is a hyponym of male; that is, foster-brother is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than male:

male: a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies
foster-brother: your foster brother is a male who is not a son of your parents but who is raised by your parents

Other hyponyms of male include boy wonder, blighter, bloke, chap, cuss, fella, feller, fellow, gent, lad, foster brother, macho, boy, male child, male offspring, man-child, adult male, man, man, man, mother's son, sirrah, sunbae.

male (noun)	foster-brother (noun)
an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)	your foster brother is a male who is not a son of your parents but who is raised by your parents
a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies

male (adjective)	foster-brother (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 foster-brother

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