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What is the difference between female and women ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between female and women ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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"Women" is for humans. "Female" is for animals in general. Referring to human women as females is slightly rude and will make you sound like a Ferengi from Star Trek.
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Female = gender
Women = a group of females (humans only)
You can use "female" for humans, animals, bugs, etc., because it's classifying gender. "women" you can not.
You can say, "a group of female whales." (classifying gender)
You can not say, "a group of women whales." (whales are not human)
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