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Feminine vs Brotherly - What's the difference?

feminine | brotherly |

As adjectives the difference between feminine and brotherly

is that feminine is while brotherly is of or characteristic of brothers.

As an adverb brotherly is

in the manner of a brother, as a brother, as brothers.

feminine

English

Alternative forms

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Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to the female gender; womanly.
  • Of or pertaining to the female sex; biologically female, not male.
  • Belonging to females; typically used by females.
  • Mary, Elizabeth, and Edith are feminine names.
  • Having the qualities stereotypically associated with women: nurturing, not aggressive.
  • * :
  • Her heavenly form Angelic, but more soft and feminine .
  • * :
  • Her letters are remarkably deficient in feminine ease and grace.
  • * :
  • Ninus being esteemed no man of war at all, but altogether feminine , and subject to ease and delicacy.
  • (grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the female grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.
  • Synonyms

    * (of the female sex): female, womanly * (having qualities stereotypical of the female gender): caring, ladylike, nurturing

    Antonyms

    * (of the female sex): male, manly * (having qualities stereotypical of the female gender): butch, masculine * (grammar): masculine, neuter

    Derived terms

    * femininely * feminineness * feminine rhyme (prosody) * femininity * feminize

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which is feminine.
  • A woman.
  • * :
  • They guide the feminines toward the palace.
  • (grammar) The feminine gender.
  • (grammar) A word of the feminine gender.
  • * Latham:
  • There are but few true feminines in English.

    brotherly

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or characteristic of brothers.
  • brotherly love

    Adverb

    (head)
  • In the manner of a brother, as a brother, as brothers.
  • * 1907 , Jack London, The Iron Heel :
  • "What honest man, who is not insane, would take lost women and thieves into his house to dwell with him sisterly and brotherly ?"

    Anagrams

    * brothelry