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Castration vs Emasculate - What's the difference?

castration | emasculate |

As a noun castration

is the act of removing the testicles.

As an adjective emasculate is

deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak.

As a verb emasculate is

to deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate; to geld.

castration

English

Noun

  • The act of removing the testicles.
  • (figuratively) Any act that removes power from a person (particularly a man) or entity.

    • Derived terms

    * chemical castration

    Related terms

    * castrate * castrati

    See also

    * desex * geld * neuter * spay

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    emasculate

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak.

    • Verb

    (emasculat)
  • To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate; to geld.
  • To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.
  • * V. Knox
    • Luxury had not emasculated their minds.