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Castrated vs Gelded - What's the difference?

castrated | gelded |

As adjectives the difference between castrated and gelded

is that castrated is having had the reproductive organs removed (testicles in males, ovaries in females) while gelded is castrated.

As verbs the difference between castrated and gelded

is that castrated is past tense of castrate while gelded is past tense of geld.

castrated

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having had the reproductive organs removed (testicles in males, ovaries in females).

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (castrate)

    • gelded

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (geld)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Castrated.
  • * 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Acts VIII:
    • The gelded man answered Philip and sayde: I praye the off whom speaketh the prophet this?