Difference between Butch and Macho

What is the difference between Butch and Macho?

Butch as a noun is a masculine lesbian. while Macho as a noun is a macho person.

Butch

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A masculine lesbian.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Very masculine. With a masculine appearance or attitude.

Example sentence: I think I was scared of the drag thing, as a lot of gay boys are. It's sort of knocked out of you in junior high. I wouldn't find guys who were very feminine attractive. Then, doing 'Hedwig,' I got to be man and woman, really butch and really femme at the same time, and I realized, this is kind of the ideal.

Macho

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A macho person.The striped mullet of California (Mugil cephalus, / Mexicanus).

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: manly, tough

Example sentence: I don't like being called 'macho.' Macho basically means stupid and a real Italian man is not macho, he's smart. That's smart in both senses: elegant and clever.

We hope you now know whether to use Butch or Macho in your sentence.

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