Qualities vs. Womanhood — What's the Difference?

An inherent or distinguishing characteristic; a property

The state or time of being a woman.

A personal trait, especially a character trait

The composite of qualities thought to be appropriate to or representative of women.

Essential character; nature

Women considered as a group

Superiority of kind

The state or condition of being a woman.

Degree or grade of excellence

All of the women of a given place, area, or subgroup regarded collectively.

Investments that have a low risk of loss or default

The idealized nature of a woman: all of the characteristics traditionally and ideally ascribed to womanliness regarded collectively.

High social position

The self-concept of a woman with respect to her possession of the various qualities traditionally and ideally ascribed to womanliness; a woman's sense or view of herself as being more or less womanly.

Those in a high social position

(euphemism) The female genitalia, especially the vulva.

(Music) Timbre, as determined by harmonics

The state of being a woman; the distinguishing character or qualities of a woman, or of womankind.

(Linguistics) The character of a vowel sound determined by the size and shape of the oral cavity and the amount of resonance with which the sound is produced.

Women, collectively; womankind.

(Logic) The positive or negative character of a proposition.

The state of being an adult woman

Having a high degree of excellence

Women as a class;

Plural of quality

The status of a woman