male vs male horse

male horse vs male

male and male horse both are nouns.

male is an adjective but male horse is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
male	Yes	Yes	No	No
male horse	Yes	No	No	No

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

male: an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)
male horse: the male of species Equus caballus

Other hyponyms of male include sire, colt, bullock, steer.

male (noun)	male horse (noun)
an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)	the male of species Equus caballus
a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies

male (adjective)	male horse (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 horse

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