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Fertility vs Virility - What's the difference?

fertility | virility |

As nouns the difference between fertility and virility

is that fertility is the condition, or the degree, of being fertile while virility is the state of being virile.

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)

    virility

    English

    (wikipedia virility)

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state of being virile
  • Manly character
  • The ability to procreate

    • Synonyms

    * masculinity

    Antonyms

    * femininity

    Related terms

    * virile