Man vs. Monkey — What's the Difference?

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

Monkey is a common name that may refer to certain groups or species of simian mammals of infraorder Simiiformes. The term is applied descriptively to groups of primates, such as families of New World monkeys and Old World monkeys.

An adult male human.

Any of various tailed primates of the suborder Anthropoidea, including the macaques, baboons, capuchins, and marmosets, and excluding the apes.

A human regardless of sex or age; a person.

A nonhuman ape. Not in scientific use.

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

One who behaves in a way suggestive of a monkey, as a mischievous child or a mimic.

The human race; mankind

The iron block of a pile driver.

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

(Slang) A person who is mocked, duped, or made to appear a fool

A husband.

Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person with dark skin.

A male lover or sweetheart.

To play, fiddle, trifle, or tamper with something

Workers.

To behave in a mischievous or apish manner

Enlisted personnel of the armed forces

To imitate or mimic; ape.

A male representative, as of a country or company

(properly) A member of the clade Simiiformes other than those in the clade Hominoidea containing humans and apes, generally (but not universally) distinguished by small size, tails, and cheek pouches.

A male servant or subordinate.

Any simian primate other than hominids, any monkey or ape.

(Informal) Used as a familiar form of address for a man

A human considered to resemble monkeys in some way, including:

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

A naughty or mischievous person, especially a child.

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

(slang) The person in the motorcycle sidecar in sidecar racing.

(Nautical) A ship. Often used in combination

(pejorative) idiot: a person of minimal intelligence.

Often Man(Slang) A person or group felt to be in a position of power or authority. Used with the

(pejorative) uggo: an unattractive person, especially one whose face supposedly resembles a monkey's.

To supply with men, as for defense or service

Synonym of puppet: a person dancing to another's tune, a person controlled or directed by another.

To take stations at, as to defend or operate

A menial employee who does a repetitive job supposedly requiring minimal intelligence.

To fortify or brace

A black, a black person.

Used as an expletive to indicate intense feeling

(historical) A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.

An adult male human.

The vessel in which a mess receives its full allowance of grog.

(collective) All human males collectively: mankind.

The weight of a pile driver or drop hammer.

A human, a person regardless of gender, usually an adult. See usage notes.

A fluid consisting of hydrochloric acid and zinc, used in the process of soldering.

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

(slang) five hundred, especially (British) 500 pounds sterling or 500 dollars.

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

(blackjack) face card.

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

(slang) A person's temper, said to be "up" when they are angry.

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

(slang) A drug habit; an addiction; a compulsion.

Manliness; the quality or state of being manly.

(dance) A dance popularized by Major Lance in 1963, now usually only its upper-body dance move involving exaggerated drumming motions.

A husband.

To meddle; to mess (with).

A male lover; a boyfriend.

(transitive) To mimic; to ape.

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.

In the most general sense, any one of the Quadrumana, including apes, baboons, and lemurs.

A person, usually male, who has duties or skills associated with a specified thing. Used as the last element of a compound.

A term of disapproval, ridicule, or contempt, as for a mischievous child.

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

The weight or hammer of a pile driver, that is, a very heavy mass of iron, which, being raised on high, falls on the head of the pile, and drives it into the earth; the falling weight of a drop hammer used in forging.

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

A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.

An adult male servant.

To act or treat as a monkey does; to ape; to act in a grotesque or meddlesome manner.

(historical) A vassal; a subject.

Any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)

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

One who is playfully mischievous

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

Play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly;

: I, we; construed in the third person.

Do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly;

Any person, one

(transitive) To supply (something) with staff or crew (of either sex).

(transitive) To take up position in order to operate (something).

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

To wait on, attend to or escort.

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

A human being; - opposed to beast.

An adult male person; a grown-up male person, as distinguished from a woman or a child.

The human race; mankind.

The male portion of the human race.

One possessing in a high degree the distinctive qualities of manhood; one having manly excellence of any kind.

An adult male servant; also, a vassal; a subject.

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?.

A married man; a husband; - correlative to wife.

One, or any one, indefinitely; - a modified survival of the Saxon use of man, or mon, as an indefinite pronoun.

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

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.

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

To tame, as a hawk.

To furnish with a servant or servants.

To wait on as a manservant.

An adult male person (as opposed to a woman);

Someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force;

The generic use of the word to refer to any human being;

All of the inhabitants of the earth;

Any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae

A male subordinate;

An adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent);

A male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman;

A manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer;

One of the British Isles in the Irish Sea

Game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games;

Take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place;

Provide with men;