masculine vs male

masculine and male both are nouns.

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

masculine (noun)	male (noun)
a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male	an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)
	a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies

masculine (adjective)	male (adjective)
associated with men and not with women	being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation
male (of grammatical gender)	for or pertaining to or composed of men or boys
(music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable	characteristic of a man