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 absolutely haven't set out to burnish a reputation as a macho figure by picking fights.
Masculine
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: pertaining to male humans, men:# manly; having the qualities associated with men; suitable to, or characteristic of, a man; not feminine or effeminate; virile (only in this sense, does the adjective compare)#* Henry Hallam — That lady, after her husband's death, held the reins with a masculine energy.#* Thomas Fuller — A masculine church.# male; having male biology, not female; of the male sex (rare)#* Geoffrey Chaucer — Thy masculine children, that is to say, thy sons.# belonging to men; appropriated to, or used by, men#: “John”, “Paul”, and “Harry” are masculine names.in many inflected languages:# being of the masculine class, or grammatical gender, and inflected in that manner#: The noun Student is masculine in German.# being inflected in agreement with the masculine#: German uses the masculine of the definite article, der, with Student.
Example sentence: At no point do I wish to be in conflict with any man or masculine thought. It doesn't enter my consciousness. Art is anonymous. It's not competitive with men. It's a complementary contribution.