Difference between Straight and Cisgender

What is the difference between Straight and Cisgender?

Straight as an adjective is not crooked or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length. while Cisgender as an adjective is not transgender; identifying with the same social gender as most people with the same biological sex.

Straight

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Not crooked or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length. Strictly along political lines. Direct, truthful, frank. As it should be. Undiluted. Having all cylinders in a single row. (referring to an internal combustion engine) Conventional. Heterosexual. Satisfied. Boring, unappealing, bad or of low quality. On, or near a line running between the two wickets.

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line. Of movement or travel, directly; without pause, delay or detour. Continuously; without interruption or pause.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A part of a racecourse, running track or other road etc that is not curved. A heterosexual. In poker, five cards in sequence.

Example sentence: Tequila. Straight. There's a real polite drink. You keep drinking until you finally take one more and it just won't go down. Then you know you've reached your limit.

Cisgender

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Not transgender; identifying with the same social gender as most people with the same biological sex.

We hope you now know whether to use Straight or Cisgender in your sentence.

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