male vs somebody

somebody vs male

male and somebody both are nouns.

male is an adjective but somebody is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, somebody is a hypernym of male; that is, somebody is a word with a broader meaning than male:

male: a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies
somebody: a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential

Other hypernyms of male include individual, mortal, person, someone, soul.

male (noun)	somebody (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

male (adjective)	somebody (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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