Effeminate vs. Effete — What's the Difference?

(of a man) having characteristics regarded as typical of a woman; unmanly

Affected, over-refined, and ineffectual

Having or showing qualities or characteristics more often associated with females than males; unmanly

Characterized by extreme refinement or self-indulgence, often to the point of unworldiness or decadence

Exhibiting behaviour or mannerisms considered typical of a female; unmasculine.

Having or reflecting an attitude of social superiority; pretentious or snobbish

(obsolete) Womanly; tender, affectionate, caring.

Depleted of vitality, force, or effectiveness; exhausted

To make womanly; to unman.

Effeminate

(intransitive) To become womanly.

(Archaic) No longer productive; infertile.

An effeminate person.

(obsolete) Of substances, quantities etc: exhausted, spent, worn-out.

Having some characteristic of a woman, as delicacy, luxuriousness, etc.; soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; womanish; weak.

Lacking strength or vitality; feeble, powerless, impotent.

Womanlike; womanly; tender; - in a good sense.

Decadent, weak through self-indulgence.

To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken.

Affected, overrefined.

To grow womanish or weak.

No longer capable of producing young, as an animal, or fruit, as the earth; hence, worn out with age; exhausted of energy; incapable of efficient action; no longer productive; barren; sterile.

Having unsuitable feminine qualities

Marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay;

Characterized by excessive softness or self-indulgence;