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Fecundity vs Infertility - What's the difference?

fecundity | infertility |

As nouns the difference between fecundity and infertility

is that fecundity is ability to produce offspring while infertility is the condition of being infertile; of having poor fertility.

fecundity

English

Alternative forms

* (qualifier)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Ability to produce offspring.
  • * 2006 , , “Neil Gaiman on Terry Pratchett” in: Good Omens , Corgi, p. 410
    • In the early days the reviewers compared him to the late Douglas Adams, but then Terry went on to write books as enthusiastically as Douglas avoided writing them, and now, if there is any comparison to be made of anything from the formal rules of a Pratchett novel to the sheer prolific fecundity of the man, it might be to P. G. Wodehouse.
  • Ability to cause growth.
  • Number, rate, or capacity of offspring production.
  • Rate of production of young by a female.

    • Synonyms

    * (ability to produce offspring) fertileness, fertility

    Related terms

    * fecund * fecundation

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    infertility

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia infertility)
  • The condition of being infertile; of having poor fertility.
    • Soil infertility is a major problem for farmers.
  • The inability to conceive children.
    • Infertility is a considerable obstacle for women wishing to make a family.

    See also

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