Virility vs Masculine - What's the difference?
virility | masculine |
The state of being virile
Manly character
The ability to procreate
Of or pertaining to the male gender; manly.
Of or pertaining to the male sex; biologically male, not female.
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Belonging to males; typically used by males.
Having the qualities stereotypically associated with men: virile, aggressive, not effeminate.
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(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.
# (of some other parts of speech) Being inflected in agreement with the masculine noun.
(grammar) The masculine gender.
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(grammar) A word of the masculine gender.
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That which is masculine.
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A man.
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As nouns the difference between virility and masculine
is that virility is the state of being virile while masculine is (grammar) the masculine gender.As an adjective masculine is
of or pertaining to the male gender; manly.virility
English
(wikipedia virility)Noun
(-)Synonyms
* masculinityAntonyms
* femininitymasculine
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(wikipedia masculine)Alternative forms
*Adjective
(en adjective)- Thy masculine children, that is to say, thy sons.
- “John”, “Paul” and “Jake” are masculine names.
- That lady, after her husband's death, held the reins with a masculine energy.
- a masculine church.
- The noun ''Student'' is masculine in German.
- German uses the masculine of the definite article, ''der'', with ''Student''.