Transvestite vs Hermaphrodite - What's the difference?
transvestite | hermaphrodite |
A person who sometimes wears clothes traditionally worn by and associated with the opposite sex; typically a male who cross-dresses occasionally by habit or compulsion.
An individual or organism possessing ambiguous sexual organs, typically including both types of gonads.
A person or thing possessing two opposing qualities.
(nautical) A hermaphrodite brig.
Having gender-ambiguous sexual organs, typically including both types of gonads.
Combining two opposing qualities.
As nouns the difference between transvestite and hermaphrodite
is that transvestite is a person who sometimes wears clothes traditionally worn by and associated with the opposite sex; typically a male who cross-dresses occasionally by habit or compulsion while hermaphrodite is an individual or organism possessing ambiguous sexual organs, typically including both types of gonads.As an adjective hermaphrodite is
having gender-ambiguous sexual organs, typically including both types of gonads.transvestite
English
(wikipedia transvestite)Noun
(en noun)Usage notes
This term is relatively formal (Latinate); is common, the verb transvest is quite rare. Transvestite'' should not be confused with ''transgender or . Transvestites generally have less or no desire to change their sex; they simply enjoy being able to cross-dress from time to time. The term should also not be confused with ; that term is specifically for performers.Synonyms
* cross-dresser * (pejorative) tranny * TV * see alsoDerived terms
* transvestic * transvestic fetishism * transvestism * transvestitismhermaphrodite
English
(wikipedia hermaphrodite)Noun
(en noun)- An earthworm is a hermaphrodite .
