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male vs lad

lad vs male

male and lad both are nouns.

male is an adjective but lad is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
male Yes Yes No No
lad Yes No No No
As nouns, lad is a hyponym of male; that is, lad is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than male:
  • male: a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies
  • lad: a boy or man
Other hyponyms of male include boy wonder, blighter, bloke, chap, cuss, fella, feller, fellow, gent, foster-brother, foster brother, macho, boy, male child, male offspring, man-child, adult male, man, man, man, mother's son, sirrah, sunbae.
male (noun) lad (noun)
an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova) a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)
a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies a boy or man
male (adjective) lad (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
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