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male vs male child

male child vs male

male and male child both are nouns.

male is an adjective but male child is not an adjective.

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

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