neuter vs gender
gender vs neuterneuter and gender both are nouns.
neuter is an adjective but gender is not an adjective.
neuter is a verb but gender is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| neuter | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| gender | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
gender is a hypernym of
neuter; that is, gender is a
word with a broader meaning than neuter:
- neuter: a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine)
- gender: a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness
Other hypernyms of neuter include
grammatical gender.
| neuter (noun) | gender (noun) |
|---|---|
| a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine) | the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles |
| a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness |
| neuter (adjective) | gender (adjective) |
|---|---|
| neither male nor female (of grammatical gender) | |
| having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex organs |
| neuter (verb) | gender (verb) |
|---|---|
| remove the ovaries of |
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