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Manny vs Masculine - What's the difference?

manny | masculine |

As nouns the difference between manny and masculine

is that manny is a male nanny for children while masculine is the masculine gender.

As a proper noun Manny

is a diminutive=Emmanuel given name.

As an adjective masculine is

of or pertaining to the male gender; manly.

manny

English

Noun

(mannies)
  • (informal) A male nanny (for children).
  • *2006 [Perry Taylor] has popped up in supermarket tabloids as the male nanny – or "manny" – for Britney Spears, who has a 9-month-old son, Sean Preston and is pregnant. — CBS News, 9 June 2006
  • See also

    * mannie * Mannie * Manny

    masculine

    Alternative forms

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    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to the male gender; manly.
  • Of or pertaining to the male sex; biologically male, not female.
  • * :
  • Thy masculine children, that is to say, thy sons.
  • Belonging to males; typically used by males.
  • “John”, “Paul” and “Jake” are masculine names.
  • Having the qualities stereotypically associated with men: virile, aggressive, not effeminate.
  • * :
  • That lady, after her husband's death, held the reins with a masculine energy.
  • * :
  • a masculine church.
  • (grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the male grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.
  • # (of a noun) Being of the masculine class, or grammatical gender, and inflected in that manner.
  • The noun ''Student'' is masculine in German.
  • # (of some other parts of speech) Being inflected in agreement with the masculine noun.
  • German uses the masculine of the definite article, ''der'', with ''Student''.
  • Synonyms

    * (of the male sex) male * (having qualities stereotypical of the male gender) manly, virile

    Antonyms

    * (of the male sex) female, womanly * (having qualities stereotypical of the male gender) emasculated, unmanly, epicene and effeminate * (grammar) feminine, neuter

    Derived terms

    * masculinely * masculineness * masculinity * masculinization * demasculinization * emasculate

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (grammar) The masculine gender.
  • *
  • (grammar) A word of the masculine gender.
  • *
  • That which is masculine.
  • *
  • A man.
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  • Anagrams

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