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Man vs. Male — What's the Difference?

Man vs. Male — What's the Difference?

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Man

A man is an adult male human. Prior to adulthood, a male human is referred to as a boy (a male child or adolescent).

Male

Male (♂) is the sex of an organism that produces the gamete known as sperm, which fuses with the larger female gamete, or ovum, in the process of fertilization. A male organism cannot reproduce sexually without access to at least one ovum from a female, but some organisms can reproduce both sexually and asexually.

Man

An adult male human.

Male

Of, relating to, or designating the sex that has organs to produce spermatozoa for fertilizing ova.

Man

A human regardless of sex or age; a person.
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Male

Characteristic of or appropriate to this sex in humans and other animals
Male hormones.
Male fashions.

Man

A human or an adult male human belonging to a specific occupation, group, nationality, or other category. Often used in combination
A milkman.
A congressman.
A freeman.

Male

Consisting of members of this sex
A male choir.

Man

The human race; mankind
Man's quest for peace.

Male

Of or denoting the gamete that is smaller and more motile than the other corresponding gamete. Used of anisogamous organisms.

Man

A male human endowed with qualities, such as strength, considered characteristic of manhood.

Male

Relating to or designating organs, such as anthers or antheridia, that produce gametes capable of fertilizing those produced by female organs.

Man

A husband.

Male

Bearing stamens but not pistils; staminate
Male flowers.

Man

A male lover or sweetheart.

Male

Designating an object, such as an electric plug, designed for insertion into another part or a socket.

Man

Workers.

Male

A male organism.

Man

Enlisted personnel of the armed forces
Officers and men.

Male

A man or boy.

Man

A male representative, as of a country or company
Our man in Tokyo.

Male

Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it.
Male writers
The leading male and female singers
A male bird feeding a seed to a female
In bee colonies, all drones are male
Intersex male patients

Man

A male servant or subordinate.

Male

Characteristic of this sex/gender. masculine, manly.}}
Stereotypically male interests, an insect with typically male coloration

Man

(Informal) Used as a familiar form of address for a man
See here, my good man!.

Male

Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.
The male chromosome;
Like testes, ovaries also produce testosterone and some other male hormones

Man

One who swore allegiance to a lord in the Middle Ages; a vassal.

Male

Masculine; of the masculine grammatical gender.

Man

(Games) Any of the pieces used in a board game, such as chess or checkers.

Male

(of bacteria) Having the F factor; able to impart DNA into another bacterium which does not have the F factor (a female).

Man

(Nautical) A ship. Often used in combination
A merchantman.
A man-of-war.

Male

(figuratively) Of instruments, tools, or connectors: designed to fit into or penetrate a female counterpart, as in a connector, pipe fitting or laboratory glassware.

Man

Often Man(Slang) A person or group felt to be in a position of power or authority. Used with the
"Their writing mainly concerns the street life—the pimp, the junky, the forces of drug addiction, exploitation at the hands of 'the man'" (Black World).

Male

One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.

Man

To supply with men, as for defense or service
Man a ship.

Male

A human member of the masculine sex or gender.

Man

To take stations at, as to defend or operate
Manned the guns.

Male

An animal of the sex that has testes.

Man

To fortify or brace
Manned himself for the battle ahead.

Male

A plant of the masculine sex.

Man

Used as an expletive to indicate intense feeling
Man! That was close.

Male

A bacterium which has the F factor.

Man

An adult male human.
The show is especially popular with middle-aged men.

Male

A male connector, pipe fitting, etc.

Man

(collective) All human males collectively: mankind.

Male

Evil; wicked; bad.

Man

A human, a person regardless of gender, usually an adult. See usage notes.
Every man for himself

Male

Of or pertaining to the sex that begets or procreates young, or (in a wider sense) to the sex that produces spermatozoa, by which the ova are fertilized; not female; as, male organs.

Man

(collective) All humans collectively: mankind, humankind, humanity. Sometimes capitalized as Man.

Male

Capable of producing fertilization, but not of bearing fruit; - said of stamens and antheridia, and of the plants, or parts of plants, which bear them.

Man

A member of the genus Homo, especially of the species Homo sapiens.

Male

Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of a male; masculine; as, male courage.

Man

A male person, usually an adult; a (generally adult male) sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.

Male

Consisting of males; as, a male choir.

Man

An adult male who has, to an eminent degree, qualities considered masculine, such as strength, integrity, and devotion to family; a mensch.

Male

Adapted for entering another corresponding piece (the female piece) which is hollow and which it fits; as, a male gauge, for gauging the size or shape of a hole; a male screw, etc.

Man

Manliness; the quality or state of being manly.

Male

Same as Mail, a bag.

Man

A husband.

Male

An animal of the male sex.

Man

A male lover; a boyfriend.

Male

A plant bearing only staminate flowers.

Man

A male enthusiast or devotee; a male who is very fond of or devoted to a specified kind of thing. Used as the last element of a compound.
Some people prefer apple pie, but me, I’m a cherry pie man.

Male

An animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)

Man

A person, usually male, who has duties or skills associated with a specified thing. Used as the last element of a compound.
I wanted to be a guitar man on a road tour, but instead I’m a flag man on a road crew.

Male

A person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies

Man

A person, usually male, who can fulfill one's requirements with regard to a specified matter.

Male

The capital of Maldives in the center of the islands

Man

A male who belongs to a particular group: an employee, a student or alumnus, a representative, etc.

Male

Being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation;
A male infant
A male holly tree
A female heir
Female holly trees bear the berries

Man

An adult male servant.

Male

For or composed of men or boys;
The male lead
Masculine attire

Man

(historical) A vassal; a subject.
All the king's men

Male

Characteristic of a man;
A deep male voice
Manly sports

Man

A piece or token used in board games such as chess.

Man

(sports) A player on whom another is playing, with the intent of limiting their attacking impact.

Man

: I, we; construed in the third person.

Man

Any person, one

Man

(transitive) To supply (something) with staff or crew (of either sex).
The ship was manned with a small crew.

Man

(transitive) To take up position in order to operate (something).
Man the machine guns!

Man

To brace (oneself), to fortify or steel (oneself) in a manly way. Compare man up.

Man

To wait on, attend to or escort.

Man

To accustom (a raptor or other type of bird) to the presence of people.

Man

A human being; - opposed to beast.
These men went about wide, and man found they none,But fair country, and wild beast many [a] one.
The king is but a man, as I am; the violet smells to him as it doth to me.
'Tain't a fit night out for man nor beast!

Man

An adult male person; a grown-up male person, as distinguished from a woman or a child.
When I became a man, I put away childish things.
Ceneus, a woman once, and once a man.

Man

The human race; mankind.
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness, and let them have dominion.
The proper study of mankind is man.

Man

The male portion of the human race.
Woman has, in general, much stronger propensity than man to the discharge of parental duties.

Man

One possessing in a high degree the distinctive qualities of manhood; one having manly excellence of any kind.
This was the noblest Roman of them all . . . the elementsSo mixed in him that Nature might stand upAnd say to all the world "This was a man!"

Man

An adult male servant; also, a vassal; a subject.
Like master, like man.
The vassal, or tenant, kneeling, ungirt, uncovered, and holding up his hands between those of his lord, professed that he did become his man from that day forth, of life, limb, and earthly honor.

Man

A term of familiar address at one time implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste; as, Come, man, we 've no time to lose! In the latter half of the 20th century it became used in a broader sense as simply a familiar and informal form of address, but is not used in business or formal situations; as, hey, man! You want to go to a movie tonight?.

Man

A married man; a husband; - correlative to wife.
I pronounce that they are man and wife.
Every wife ought to answer for her man.

Man

One, or any one, indefinitely; - a modified survival of the Saxon use of man, or mon, as an indefinite pronoun.
A man can not make him laugh.
A man would expect to find some antiquities; but all they have to show of this nature is an old rostrum of a Roman ship.

Man

One of the piece with which certain games, as chess or draughts, are played.

Man

To supply with men; to furnish with a sufficient force or complement of men, as for management, service, defense, or the like; to guard; as, to man a ship, boat, or fort.
See how the surly Warwick mans the wall !
They man their boats, and all their young men arm.

Man

To furnish with strength for action; to prepare for efficiency; to fortify.

Man

To tame, as a hawk.

Man

To furnish with a servant or servants.

Man

To wait on as a manservant.

Man

An adult male person (as opposed to a woman);
There were two women and six men on the bus

Man

Someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force;
Two men stood sentry duty

Man

The generic use of the word to refer to any human being;
It was every man for himself

Man

All of the inhabitants of the earth;
All the world loves a lover
She always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women

Man

Any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae

Man

A male subordinate;
The chief stationed two men outside the building
He awaited word from his man in Havana

Man

An adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent);
The army will make a man of you

Man

A male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman;
She takes good care of her man

Man

A manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer;
Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man

Man

One of the British Isles in the Irish Sea

Man

Game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games;
He taught me to set up the men on the chess board
He sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage

Man

Take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place;
Mr. Smith manned the reception desk in the morning

Man

Provide with men;
We cannot man all the desks

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