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Android vs Hermaphrodite - What's the difference?

android | hermaphrodite |

As nouns the difference between android and hermaphrodite

is that android is a robot that is designed to look and act like a human (usually male while hermaphrodite is an individual or organism possessing ambiguous sexual organs, typically including both types of gonads.

As adjectives the difference between android and hermaphrodite

is that android is possessing human qualities while hermaphrodite is having gender-ambiguous sexual organs, typically including both types of gonads.

As a proper noun Android

is a mobile operating system (OS) based on the Linux kernel and currently developed by Google.

android

English

(wikipedia android)

Alternative forms

* androides (dated)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A robot that is designed to look and act like a human (usually male)

    • Derived terms

    * droid

    Hypernyms

    * robot

    Hyponyms

    * gynoid, fembot

    See also

    * cyborg

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Possessing human qualities

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    hermaphrodite

    English

    (wikipedia hermaphrodite)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An individual or organism possessing ambiguous sexual organs, typically including both types of gonads.
    • An earthworm is a hermaphrodite .
  • A person or thing possessing two opposing qualities.
  • (nautical) A hermaphrodite brig.

    • Usage notes

    * * is now the preferred term for human description. * Compare (m) and genderqueer.

    Synonyms

    * maphrodite, morphodite, mophrodite (slang) * androgyne * gynandromorph *

    Derived terms

    (terms derived from hermaphrodite) * false hermaphrodite * herm / * hermaphrodism * pseudohermaphrodite

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having gender-ambiguous sexual organs, typically including both types of gonads.
  • Combining two opposing qualities.

    • Synonyms

    * androgynous * hermaphroditic * intersex

    See also

    * berdache, two-spirit * genderqueer ----