What's the difference between macho and masculine?

Macho


Definition:

  • (n.) The striped mullet of California (Mugil cephalus, / Mexicanus).

Example Sentences:

  • (1) There is no better symbol of London’s macho financialisation than the early 21st-century surge in skyscraper construction, the lanky delinquent mob of new towers that cluster around the City, and their gangmaster, the Shard.
  • (2) An intensive 6-month schedule of drugs was devised with both systemic and central nervous system activity, known by the acronym 'MACHO', to treat 24 newly and consecutively diagnosed children, 13 with stage IV B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (B-NHL) and 11 with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (B-ALL).
  • (3) October 17, 2012 2.21am BST Oh, a bit of a to-do between Macho Mitt and Obama, over federal licenses and oil drilling, and Mitt's looking a bit Al Gore 2000 here, wandering around being all aggro and complaining about the rules.
  • (4) It’s the furthest from the male macho look you could get.
  • (5) "I think that Britain's broadband vision needs to be about more people using broadband rather than macho claims about the speed of the technology," she said.
  • (6) Labour now wants to own this mantle of macho, to keep the momentum of cruelty going in the name of responsibility, But lets get real.
  • (7) The wealthier and older clients are provided with sexual services within a setting that might be described as a "macho theater" in which social needs are also allowed expression.
  • (8) One was the anti-colonial instincts of some African churches, where the style of leadership is extremely macho.
  • (9) When I handed in my notice, I was told there was no budget to give me a pay rise, yet the guy who replaced me (and had less experience) was offered £10k more.” Lipstick and lap-dancing Beyond structural gender disparities, many respondents complained of a “macho, misogynist culture”, with bosses organising events at strip clubs, and frequent commentary on women’s bodies the norm.
  • (10) But for the first time in five clásicos there was no red card for Mourinho's macho team.
  • (11) Nonetheless, the feds’ approach is a sea-change from the early 1990s, when a macho paramilitary culture and aggressive rules of engagement approved at the highest levels were ingrained in the FBI and contributed to disasters the bureau is now anxious never to repeat.
  • (12) 'Macho v macho': what to expect from Putin-Trump negotiations Read more A statement from Trump’s transition team said Putin offered congratulations on winning “a historic election”.
  • (13) But we do need to make sure that more women are more involved at a higher level in Greater Manchester politics, without a doubt, and as mayor that’s what I would do, and make sure there was that representation at the highest level, because there can’t be any sense that it’s a macho world or closed world in any way.
  • (14) The humanitarian sector is still a very macho world.
  • (15) Some mentioned a macho, sexist culture, and others said they felt patronised by a cloying paternalism.
  • (16) 'Art is based on emotion, but being macho is based on ego; the wall protecting that emotion' Reading this on mobile?
  • (17) Putin is known for burnishing his image with macho stunts and this is not the first time the truth has proved less than heroic.
  • (18) I’ve never come across it in sport because you’re a sportsman, it’s a macho thing, so it never enters your head.” If we are going to be generous, they were different times and there were lots of clubs in those days operating with these attitudes.
  • (19) He is masculine but defiantly anti-macho, and his unpanicked air of sexual fluidity has lent itself to a run of gay gangsters: he was Richard Burton's bit of rough in Villain , a carnally carnivorous mob boss in Sexy Beast , and a slinky, elegant hood in 44 Inch Chest .
  • (20) "By making the hero a girl, he took all that macho stuff out of the equation and that gave him the freedom to examine heroism.

Masculine


Definition:

  • (a.) Of the male sex; not female.
  • (a.) Having the qualities of a man; suitable to, or characteristic of, a man; virile; not feminine or effeminate; strong; robust.
  • (a.) Belonging to males; appropriated to, or used by, males.
  • (a.) Having the inflections of, or construed with, words pertaining especially to male beings, as distinguished from feminine and neuter. See Gender.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The nurses who enjoyed the field most were of the androgynous or masculine type and had high levels of self-esteem.
  • (2) When added to the food in two different doses during 8 weeks, 11 beta-hydroxyandrostenedione had a pronounced masculinizing effect, and androstenedione did not modify the gonads at all.
  • (3) This report deals with the shortened estrous cycles, masculinization, depressed fertility, and the systemic hormone profiles resulting from a granulosa cell tumor in a doe.
  • (4) Moreover, the presence of a loss-of-function runt mutation masculinizes triploid intersexes.
  • (5) But when a man is placed in the role of a woman talking to other women, his masculinity is called into question.
  • (6) It's hard to imagine a more masculine character than Thor, who is based on the god of thunder of Norse myth: he's the strapping, hammer-wielding son of Odin who, more often than not, sports a beard and likes nothing better than smacking frost giants.
  • (7) We wanted a place where men could discuss masculine topics without facing the same public shaming outcry that happens on social media sites – feminists are quick on the trigger to try to take down anything they consider wrong … Milo Yiannopoulos lost his verified status on Twitter because of his views on masculinity.
  • (8) Two major facts that bear direct relationship with the control of masculine reproductive behavior were demonstrated.
  • (9) Previous research by Bem has indicated that androgynous individuals of both sexes display "masculine" independence when under pressure to conform as well as "feminine" nurturance when interacting with a kitten.
  • (10) Europe's first ruling on Brexit: it's masculine, unless you're Italian Read more EU diplomats speak, too, of genuine shock at proposals by the home secretary, Amber Rudd, to oblige British firms to disclose how many foreign workers they employ.
  • (11) Lacl of masculinization in female infants whose virilized mothers have h. luteinalis is in contrast to the common finding of fetal masculinization when maternal virilization occurs with luteoma of pregnancy.
  • (12) A new 1-stage procedure for clitorovaginoplasty in severely masculinized female pseudohermaphrodites is presented.
  • (13) The Turner prize-winning artist has turned his sights on the survivalist and his exceptionally rugged version of masculinity, arguing that it isn’t fit for the 21st century.
  • (14) Interestingly, in addition to feminizing XO animals, xol-1 mutations further masculinize XX animals already partially masculinized.
  • (15) On the Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory, they scored high on the depression, hysteria, psychopathic deviate, and paranoia scales, and they scored low on the masculinity-feminity scale.
  • (16) Nonmasculine individuals perceived the adversary more positively than masculine individuals regardless of strategy of resolution.
  • (17) Men who adopted a submissive feminine role and women with high masculine aggressive scores were more permissive as regards drinking.
  • (18) In the 1960's, high masculinity of mortality was associated independently with low proportions in primary activities, high proportions hiring in large cities, and with high discrimination against females in school enrollment combined with poor nutritional standards.
  • (19) The study was designed to test whether men and women identifying with a masculine stereotype differ in their perception of a confederate (adversary) who displays either an empathetic or aggressive role in resolving a disagreement over social issues.
  • (20) Thus, it appears that PG synthesis plays a role in the testosterone-induced masculine differentiation of the Wolffian duct.

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