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Fertility vs Sterility - What's the difference?

fertility | sterility |

As nouns the difference between fertility and sterility

is that fertility is the condition, or the degree, of being fertile while sterility is the state or quality of being sterile.

fertility

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) The condition, or the degree, of being fertile.
    • Muckspreading increases the fertility of the soil.
  • (countable) The birthrate of a population; the number of live births per 1000 people per year.
  • The average number of births per woman within a population.

    • Synonyms

    * fecundity, fertileness

    Antonyms

    * infertility

    Derived terms

    * oncofertility

    External links

    * (wikipedia)

    sterility

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state or quality of being sterile.