maleness vs male

maleness and male both are nouns.

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

maleness (noun)	male (noun)
the properties characteristic of the male sex	an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)
	a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies

maleness (adjective)	male (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