Fertilize vs Pollinate - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between fertilize and pollinate

is that fertilize is to make (the soil) more fertile by adding nutrients to it while pollinate is to apply pollen to (a stigma).

(zoology) pollinose.

* fertilise (mostly British)

(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

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To cause to produce offspring through insemination; to inseminate.

(pollinat)

To apply pollen to (a stigma).

(head)

(zoology) Pollinose.