boy vs male

boy

noun
  • A male (tree, gene, etc). 

  • A son of any age. 

  • A male of any age, particularly one rather younger than the speaker. 

  • A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee 

  • A younger such worker. 

  • A non-white male servant regardless of age, particularly as a form of address. 

  • Any non-white male, regardless of age. 

  • A male child or adolescent, as distinguished from infants or adults. 

  • A young male. 

  • A former low rank of various armed services; a holder of this rank. 

  • Heroin. 

  • A male animal, especially, in affectionate address, a male dog. 

intj
  • Exclamation of surprise, pleasure or longing. 

verb
  • To act as a boy (in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage). 

male

noun
  • A plant of the masculine sex. 

  • An animal of the sex that has testes. 

  • A human member of the masculine sex or gender. 

  • A bacterium which has the F factor. 

  • A male connector, pipe fitting, etc. 

adj
  • Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it. 

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

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

  • Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare masculine, manly.) 

  • Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex. 

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