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male vs individual

individual vs male

male and individual both are nouns.

male and individual both are adjectives.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
male Yes Yes No No
individual Yes Yes No No
As nouns, individual is a hypernym of male; that is, individual is a word with a broader meaning than male:
  • male: a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies
  • individual: a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential
Other hypernyms of male include mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul.
male (noun) individual (noun)
an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova) a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential
a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies a single organism
male (adjective) individual (adjective)
being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation being or characteristic of a single thing or person
for or pertaining to or composed of men or boys separate and distinct from others of the same kind
characteristic of a man concerning one person exclusively
characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing
Difference between male and individual

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