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Fecundate vs Fertilize - What's the difference?

fecundate | fertilize |

As verbs the difference between fecundate and fertilize

is that fecundate is to make fertile while fertilize is to make (the soil) more fertile by adding nutrients to it.

fecundate

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To make fertile.
  • To inseminate.
  • fertilize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * fertilise (mostly British)

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To make (the soil) more fertile by adding nutrients to it.
  • (figuratively) To make more creative or intellectually productive.
  • to fertilize one's imagination
  • * '>citation
  • To cause to produce offspring through insemination; to inseminate.