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Ejaculate vs Erection - What's the difference?

ejaculate | erection |

As nouns the difference between ejaculate and erection

is that ejaculate is semen ejected during an ejaculation while erection is the act of building or putting up or together of something; construction.

As a verb ejaculate

is of a male, to eject semen (or, of a female, vaginal fluid) during an orgasm.

ejaculate

English

(wikipedia ejaculate)

Verb

(ejaculat)
  • Of a male, to eject semen (or, of a female, vaginal fluid) during an orgasm.
  • To eject abruptly; to throw out suddenly and swiftly.
  • * Blackmore
    • Its active rays ejaculated thence.
  • To say abruptly.
  • * , Episode 16
    • --Half a crown, Stephen responded. I daresay he needs it to sleep somewhere.
    --Needs! Mr Bloom ejaculated , professing not the least surprise at the intelligence, I can quite credit the assertion and I guarantee he invariably does.

    Synonyms

    * (eject semen) bust a nut, come, cream, cum, pop, spoof, sprog, spurt, shoot off (all slang) * (eject vaginal fluid) come, cream, cum, squirt, flood, (all slang) * (eject abruptly) eject, throw out * (say abruptly) blurt out * See also

    Related terms

    * ejaculation * ejaculator * ejaculatory * eject * ejection

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Semen ejected during an ejaculation.

    • See also

    * shot spot

    External links

    * * English heteronyms

    erection

    English

    (wikipedia erection)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The act of building]] or putting up or together of something; construction. [[File:Marquee,_Throope_Manor_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1491075.jpg, thumb, Erection of a large tent
  • (countable) Anything erected or built.
    • The Empire State Building was once the world's tallest erection .
  • (uncountable, physiology) The physiological process by which erectile tissue, such as a penis or clitoris, becomes erect by being engorged with blood.
  • * 1997 , Alan Hyde, Bodies of Law , Princeton University Press (1997), ISBN 9781400822317, page 175:
    • I think that the case also demonstrates some singular aspects of the penis as a narrator of tales, specifically the way in which the erection of a penis falls outside a man's conscious control and therefore threatens a carefully constructed master legal narrative in which bodily self-control graphically represents the self-government contemplated by a democratic legal society.
  • * 2006 , Lori Marso, Feminist Thinkers and the Demands of Femininity: The Lives and Work of Intellectual Women , Routledge (2006), ISBN 0415979269, unnumbered pages (quoting Simone Beauvoir):
    • There are men who say they cannot bear to show themselves naked before women unless in a state of erection; and indeed through erection the flesh becomes activity, potency,
  • * 2007 , Edward J. Behrend-Martinez, Unfit for Marriage: Impotent Spouses on Trial in the Basque Region of Spain, 1650-1750 , University of Nevada Press (2007), ISBN 9780874176995, page 14:
    • A marriage was only consummated via erection , penetration, and insemination intra vas .
  • (uncountable, physiology, of a penis or clitoris) The state or quality of being erect from engorgement with blood.
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  • * 2008 , Robert Crooks & Karla Baur, Our Sexuality , Thomson Wadsworth (2008), ISBN 9780495095545, page 163:
    • Older men typically require longer periods of time to achieve erection and reach orgasm.
  • * 2011 , Alan L. Rubin, Diabetes for Dummies , Wiley Publishing, Inc. (2008), ISBN 9780470270868, page 104:
    • A very rare complication is priapism , where the penis maintains its erection for many hours.
  • (countable) A penis or clitoris that is erect.
    • He placed his newspaper on his lap to hide his erection .
  • * 2002 , Marguerite Crump, No B.O.!: The Head-to-Toe Book of Hygiene for Preteens , Free Spirit Publishing (2005), ISBN 9781575427003, page 85:
    • The surge of hormones during puberty means you might have lots of erections , even when you don't want them—like during school.
  • * 2006 , Abha Dawesar, That Summer in Paris , Anchor Books (2007), ISBN 9780307275455, page 259:
    • Prem was sure everyone could see his erection through his pants, everyone but Maya, who he had been careful to keep to his side all the time
  • * 2007 , Ken Follett, World Without End , Dutton (2007), ISBN 9780525950073, page 244:
    • He kissed her again, this time with a long, moist kiss that gave him an erection .

    Synonyms

    * (act of building) building, construction. * (anything erected or built) building, construction. * (state of a penis being erect) see also . * (an erect penis) see also .

    Related terms

    * erect * erector

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