Difference between Mannish and Masculine

What is the difference between Mannish and Masculine?

Mannish as an adjective is of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or suitable for a man while Masculine as an adjective is pertaining to male humans, men:

Mannish

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or suitable for a man

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: The masculine spirit is under assault. It's obvious.

We hope you now know whether to use Mannish or Masculine in your sentence.

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