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Cisgender vs Bisexual - What's the difference?

cisgender | bisexual |

As an adjective cisgender

is (lgbt|of a person) identifying with or experiencing a gender the same as one's biological sex or that is affirmed by society, eg being both male-gendered and male-sexed.

As a noun bisexual is

bisexual.

cisgender

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (LGBT, of a person) Identifying with or experiencing a gender the same as one's biological sex or that is affirmed by society, e.g. being both male-gendered and male-sexed.
  • Synonyms

    * cisgendered

    Antonyms

    * transgender * ambigender * ungendered * bigender * agender * third gender * genderqueer * genderfluid

    Anagrams

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    bisexual

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (sexuality, of humans or other animals) Sexually attracted to members of two or more genders.
  • (botany) Of flowers: having both pollen and seeds.
  • (botany) Of sporophytes: having both male and female organs.
  • (botany) Of gametophytes: producing both eggs and sperm.
  • (botany) Of fungi: producing both the "female" ascogonium and the "male" antheridium.
  • (rare) Hermaphroditic.
  • Midrash and Zohar present Adam as hermaphroditic or bisexual .

    Hyponyms

    * heteroflexible

    Synonyms

    * (sexually attracted to persons of either sex) (slang), ambidextrous (jocular), bi (colloquial) * perfect, hermaphrodite * See also

    Coordinate terms

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who is bisexual. Someone who is attracted to people of two or more genders.
  • I have two family members who came out as bisexual ; my sister and my aunt.

    Synonyms

    * bi (colloquial) * See also

    Hypernyms

    *LGBT

    Also see

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