Virile vs. Masculine — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Virile and Masculine
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Virile
(of a man) having strength, energy, and a strong sex drive
He was a powerful, virile man
Masculine
Having qualities or appearance traditionally associated with men
He is outstandingly handsome and robust, very masculine
Virile
Of, relating to, or having the characteristics of an adult male, especially in having the ability to have sexual intercourse.
Masculine
Of or denoting a gender of nouns and adjectives, conventionally regarded as male
Masculine pronouns
Virile
Masculine in a robust way; manly
"[He] was a man of action, a virile director who brought out the best in the screenplay" (Jeffrey Meyers).
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Masculine
The male sex or gender
The dance presents the world of the masculine, its raw energy
Virile
Energetic or forceful
A virile performance of the concerto.
Masculine
Of or relating to men or boys; male.
Virile
; having characteristics associated with being male, such as strength; exhibiting masculine traits to an exaggerated degree such as strength, forcefulness or vigor.
Masculine
Characterized by or possessing qualities traditionally attributed to men, such as aggressiveness.
Virile
Possessing high sexual drive and capacity for sexual intercourse.
Masculine
(Grammar) Relating or belonging to the gender of words or forms that refer chiefly to males or to things grammatically classified as male.
Virile
(grammar) Pertaining to a grammatical gender used in plurals of some Slavic languages, corresponding to the personal masculine animate nouns.
Masculine
(Music) Ending on an accented beat
A masculine cadence.
Virile
Having the nature, properties, or qualities, of an adult man; characteristic of developed manhood; hence, masterful; forceful; specifically, capable of begetting; - opposed to womanly, feminine, and puerile; as, virile age, virile power, virile organs.
Masculine
The masculine gender.
Virile
Characterized by energy and vigor;
A virile and ever stronger free society
A new and virile leadership
Masculine
A word or word form of the masculine gender.
Virile
Characteristic of a man;
A deep male voice
Manly sports
Masculine
(Archaic) A male person.
Virile
(of a male) able to copulate
Masculine
Of or pertaining to the male gender; manly.
Masculine
Of or pertaining to the male sex; biologically male, not female.
Masculine
Belonging to males; typically used by males.
“John”, “Paul”, and “Jake” are masculine names.
Masculine
Having the qualities stereotypically associated with men: virile, aggressive, not effeminate.
Masculine
(grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the male grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.
Masculine
(of a noun) Being of the masculine class or grammatical gender, and inflected in that manner.
The noun Student is masculine in German.
Masculine
(of another part of speech) Being inflected in agreement with a masculine noun.
German uses the masculine form of the definite article, der, with Student.
Masculine
|of any word}} Having the vowel harmony of a back vowel.
Masculine
(grammar) The masculine gender.
Masculine
(grammar) A word of the masculine gender.
Masculine
That which is masculine.
Masculine
A man.
Masculine
Of the male sex; not female.
Thy masculine children, that is to say, thy sons.
Masculine
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.
Masculine
Belonging to males; appropriated to, or used by, males.
Masculine
Having the inflections of, or construed with, words pertaining especially to male beings, as distinguished from feminine and neuter. See Gender.
Masculine
A gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male
Masculine
Of grammatical gender;
`it' is the third-person singular neuter pronoun
Masculine
Associated with men and not with women
Masculine
(music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable;
A masculine cadence
The masculine rhyme of `annoy, enjoy'
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