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Fertilize vs Prolificate - What's the difference?

fertilize | prolificate |

As verbs the difference between fertilize and prolificate

is that fertilize is to make (the soil) more fertile by adding nutrients to it while prolificate is to make prolific; to fertilize; to impregnate.

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.
  • prolificate

    English

    Verb

    (prolificat)
  • (archaic) To make prolific; to fertilize; to impregnate.
  • (Sir Thomas Browne)
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