different between gumlike vs guylike

English

gum +? -like

gumlike (comparative more gumlike, superlative most gumlike)

guy +? -like

guylike (comparative more guylike, superlative most guylike)

(colloquial) Characteristic of a guy, a male.
- 2009, David Ellis Dickerson, House of Cards
  If you came in thinking masculinity was inherently hostile to women, you were very likely to pick up hostility from this professor—not because it was there, but because the guylike behaviors of liking sports, barhopping, watching action movies, talking about cars, and such were all deeply ingrained in him […]

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