male child vs altar boy

altar boy vs male child

male child and altar boy both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
male child	Yes	No	No	No
altar boy	Yes	No	No	No

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

male child: a youthful male person
altar boy: a boy serving as an acolyte

Other hyponyms of male child include ball boy, bat boy, cub, lad, laddie, sonny, sonny boy, catamite, farm boy, Fauntleroy, Little Lord Fauntleroy, ploughboy, plowboy, schoolboy, Scout, shop boy.

male child (noun)	altar boy (noun)
a youthful male person	a boy serving as an acolyte

Difference between male child and altar boy

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