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male vs gent

gent vs male

male and gent both are nouns.

male is an adjective but gent is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
male Yes Yes No No
gent Yes No No No
As nouns, gent is a hyponym of male; that is, gent is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than male:
  • male: a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies
  • gent: a boy or man
male (noun) gent (noun)
an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova) informal abbreviation of `gentleman'
a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies a boy or man
male (adjective) gent (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 gent

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