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person vs male

male vs person

person and male both are nouns.

person is not an adjective while male is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
person Yes No No No
male Yes Yes No No
As nouns, male is a hyponym of person; that is, male is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than person:
  • person: a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential
  • male: a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies
person (noun) male (noun)
a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)
a human body (usually including the clothing) a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies
a grammatical category used in the classification of pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms according to whether they indicate the speaker, the addressee, or a third party
person (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
Difference between person and male

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