brother vs male

brother

noun
  • Somebody, usually male, connected by a common cause, situation, or affection. 

  • A form of address to a man. 

  • Someone who is a peer, whether male or female. 

  • A male fellow member of a religious community, church, trades union etc. 

  • Son of the same parents as another person. 

  • A male having at least one parent in common with another (see half-brother, stepbrother). 

  • A black male. 

  • Someone who is a kinsman or shares the same patriarch. 

verb
  • To treat as a brother. 

intj
  • Expressing exasperation. 

male

noun
  • A human member of the masculine sex or gender. 

  • A plant of the masculine sex. 

  • An animal of the sex that has testes. 

  • 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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