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Transgender vs Helicopter - What's the difference?

transgender | helicopter |

As nouns the difference between transgender and helicopter

is that transgender is transgenderism; the state of being transgender. Compare transsex while helicopter is an aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long rotating blades which allow it to hover, move in any direction including reverse, or land; and having a smaller set of blades on its tail that stabilize the aircraft.

As verbs the difference between transgender and helicopter

is that transgender is to change the gender of; to change the sex of. Compare transsex while helicopter is to transport by helicopter.

As an adjective transgender

is having a gender identity (self-image) which is the opposite of one's physical sex: being physically male but identifying as female, or vice versa. Compare transsexual, and the following sense.

transgender

English

(wikipedia transgender)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (narrowly, of a person) Having a gender identity (self-image) which is the opposite of one's physical sex: being physically male but identifying as female, or vice versa.
  • * 2010 , Jessica Green, "I'm sorry, I'm not lesbian", The Guardian , 3 Mar 2010:
    • One head of a small gay charity visibly flinched when I mentioned my boyfriend and has been cold towards me ever since. I've even caught someone staring down my top to see if I'm transgender .
  • * 2010 , Natasha Lennard, "City Room", New York Times , 7 Apr 2010:
    • But the inclusion of the word “trannie” — a pejorative, in some circles — in the title, and the film’s parodic representation of transgender women, has offended many people.
  • (broadly, of a person) Not identifying with culturally conventional gender roles and categories of male or female; having changed gender identity from male to female or female to male, or identifying with elements of both, or having some other gender identity.
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  • * 1998 , John Cloud, "Trans across America", Time , 20 Feb 1998:
    • Their first step was to reclaim the power to name themselves: transgender is now the term most widely used, and it encompasses everyone from cross-dressers (those who dress in clothes of the opposite sex) to transsexuals (those who surgically "correct" their genitals to match their "real" gender).

    Synonyms

    * TG (abbreviated form)

    Antonyms

    * cisgender

    Related terms

    * bigender * agender * third gender * genderqueer * genderfluid * transsex * transsexual *

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • * 2007 , Alison Stone, An Introduction to Feminist Philosophy (ISBN 074563883X), page 41
    • Before we can answer this question, we need to consider two other phenomena – transsex and transgender – which also expose the muddle within conventional categories of sex.
  • A transgender person.
  • * 2005 , Walter Bockting & Eric Avery, Transgender Health and HIV Prevention , p. 116:
    • In a patriarchal society in which machismo rules, MTF transgenders represent a challenge to traditional masculinity due to their renouncing of the male position of social power.
  • * 2006 , Jayne Caudwell, Sport, Sexualities and Queer/theory , p. 122:
    • Individual transgenders could compete in any division; however, transgender teams could not play against biological women's teams.

    Usage notes

    * See the usage note at transsexual regarding the use of this type of word as a noun.

    Hypernyms

    *LGBT

    Coordinate terms

    * two-spirit, berdache * hijra

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (lb) To change the gender of; (used loosely) to change the sex of.
  • * 2005 , Sue Tolleson-Rinehart, ?Jyl J. Josephson, Gender and American Politics (ISBN 0765631563), pages 15 and 205:
    • and one that is still dominated by male nominees, women nominees might be seen as either contributing to the regendering, or the transgendering , of the Cabinet.
    This chapter examines women secretaries-designate in terms of their contributions to regendering or transgendering a cabinet office, to a gender desegregation or integration of the cabinet.
  • * (seeCites)

    • Related terms

    * trans * transy * transgendered * transgenderist * transgenderism * transman, transperson, transwoman * transfemale, transmale * transphobia

    See also

    * LGBT, LGBTQ, LGBTQIA * TS * crossdress * drag * SRS * ----

    helicopter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long rotating blades which allow it to hover, move in any direction including reverse, or land; and having a smaller set of blades on its tail that stabilize the aircraft.
    • We flew over the city in a helicopter .
  • a powered troweling machine with spinning blades used to spread concrete.
  • a winged fruit of certain trees, such as ash, elm, and maple

    • Synonyms

    * (aircraft) chopper (informal), copter (informal), eggbeater (slang), rotary-wing aircraft (technical), whirlybird (slang) * (trowelling device) power trowel, trowel machine * (winged fruit) samara, whirlybird

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To transport by helicopter.
  • To travel by helicopter.

    • Derived terms

    * helicopter parent