What is the difference between she and he?
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(personal) A female person or animal.
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A ship.
(personal, affectionate) Another machine (besides a ship), such as a car.
(personal, nonstandard) .
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A female.
* (rfdate) Shakespeare:
* 2000 , Sue V. Rosser, Building inclusive science volume 28, issues 1-2, page 189:
(personal) A male person or animal already known or implied.
* July 18 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-dark-knight-rises-review-batman,82624/]
A person whose gender is unknown.
(personal) An animal whose gender is unknown.
(lb) The game of tag, or it, in which the player attempting to catch the others is called "he".
(informal) A male person.
The name of the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
* 1658', The same number in the Hebrew mysteries and Cabalistical accounts was the character of Generation; declared by the Letter '''''He'' , the fifth in their Alphabet — Sir Thomas Browne, ''The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 210)
He is a hyponym of she.
He is a synonym of she.
He is a coordinate term of she.
In personal terms the difference between she and he
is that she is a female person or animal while he is an animal whose gender is unknown.As an initialism SHE
is initialism of standard hydrogen electrode.As an abbreviation HE is
his Excellency, Her Excellency.she
English
(wikipedia she)Pronoun
- Goodly she entertaind those noble knights, / And brought them vp into her castle hall [...].
- I asked Mary, but she''' said that '''she didn't know.
- She could do forty knots in good weather.
- She''' is a beautiful boat, isn't '''she ?
- She''' only gets thirty miles to the gallon on the highway, but '''she' s durable.
- Optimal experience is thus something that we make'' happen. For a child, it could be placing with trembling fingers the last block on a tower she''' has built, higher than any ' she has built so far; for a swimmer, it could be trying to beat his own record; for a violinist, mastering an intricate musical passage.
See also
(English personal pronouns)Noun
(en noun)- Pat is definitely a she .
- And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare / As any she belied with false compare.
- A world where the hes are so much more common than the shes can hardly be seen as a welcoming place for women.
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . Related to (l).Pronoun
- Though Bane’s sing-song voice gives his pronouncements a funny lilt, he doesn’t have any of the Joker’s deranged wit, and Nolan isn’t interested in undercutting his seriousness for the sake of a breezier entertainment.
Usage notes
* He'' was traditionally used as both a masculine and a gender-neutral pronoun, but since the mid 20th century generic usage has often been considered sexist and limiting.''When Words Collide: A Media Writer's Guide to Grammar and Style'' (2007, ISBN 0495050253) It is deprecated by some style guides, such as ''Wadsworth''.''The Pocket Wadsworth Handbook, 2009 MLA Update Edition'' (ISBN 1439081816), page 81: [A]void using the generic ''he'' or ''him'' when your subject could be either male or female. [...] Sexist:''' Before boarding, each passenger should make certain that he has his ticket. / '''Revised: Before boarding, passengers should make certain that they have their tickets. In place of generic ''he'', writers and speakers may use (m), alternate ''he and (m) as the indefinite person in their work, use the singular (m), or rephrase their sentences to use plural (m).Synonyms
* (person whose gender is unknown) he or she, * (animal whose gender is unknown) itQuotations
* (English Citations of "he")See also
(English personal pronouns)References
Noun
(s)- Alex totally is a he .