Masculine vs. Muscular

Masculineadjective

Of or pertaining to the male gender; manly.

Muscularadjective

Of, relating to, or connected with muscles.

Masculineadjective

Of or pertaining to the male sex; biologically male, not female.

Muscularadjective

Brawny, thewy, having strength.

Masculineadjective

Belonging to males; typically used by males.

‘“John”, “Paul”, and “Jake” are masculine names.’;

Muscularadjective

Having large, well-developed muscles.

Masculineadjective

Having the qualities stereotypically associated with men: virile, aggressive, not effeminate.

Muscularadjective

(figurative) Strong, robust.

Masculineadjective

(grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the male grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.

Muscularadjective

Of or pertaining to a muscle, or to a system of muscles; consisting of, or constituting, a muscle or muscles; as, muscular fiber.

‘Great muscular strength, accompanied by much awkwardness.’;

Masculineadjective

(of a noun) Being of the masculine class, or grammatical gender, and inflected in that manner.

‘The noun Student is masculine in German.’;

Muscularadjective

Performed by, or dependent on, a muscle or the muscles.

Masculineadjective

(of some other parts of speech) Being inflected in agreement with the masculine noun.

‘German uses the masculine form of the definite article, der, with Student.’;

Muscularadjective

Well furnished with muscles; having well-developed muscles; brawny; hence, strong; powerful; vigorous; as, a muscular body or arm.

Masculinenoun

(grammar) The masculine gender.

Muscularadjective

of or relating to or consisting of muscle;

‘muscular contraction’;

Masculinenoun

(grammar) A word of the masculine gender.

Muscularadjective

having a robust muscular body-build characterized by predominance of structures (bone and muscle and connective tissue) developed from the embryonic mesodermal layer

Masculinenoun

That which is masculine.

Muscularadjective

having or suggesting great physical power or force;

‘the muscular and passionate Fifth Symphony’;

Masculinenoun

A man.

Muscularadjective

(of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful;

‘a hefty athlete’; ‘a muscular boxer’; ‘powerful arms’;

Masculineadjective

Of the male sex; not female.

‘Thy masculine children, that is to say, thy sons.’;

Masculineadjective

Having the qualities of a man; suitable to, or characteristic of, a man; virile; not feminine or effeminate; strong; robust.

‘That lady, after her husband's death, held the reins with a masculine energy.’;

Masculineadjective

Belonging to males; appropriated to, or used by, males.

Masculineadjective

Having the inflections of, or construed with, words pertaining especially to male beings, as distinguished from feminine and neuter. See Gender.

Masculinenoun

a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male

Masculineadjective

of grammatical gender;

‘`it' is the third-person singular neuter pronoun’;

Masculineadjective

associated with men and not with women

Masculineadjective

(music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable;

‘a masculine cadence’; ‘the masculine rhyme of `annoy, enjoy'’;

Masculineadjective

having qualities or appearance traditionally associated with men

‘he is outstandingly handsome and robust, very masculine’;

Masculineadjective

relating to men; male

‘a masculine voice’;

Masculineadjective

of or denoting a gender of nouns and adjectives, conventionally regarded as male

‘masculine pronouns’;

Masculinenoun

the male sex or gender

‘the dance presents the world of the masculine, its raw energy’;

Masculinenoun

a masculine word or form.