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Gelding vs Castration - What's the difference?

gelding | castration |

As nouns the difference between gelding and castration

is that gelding is a castrated male horse while castration is the act of removing the testicles.

As a verb gelding

is .

gelding

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a castrated male horse
  • any castrated male animal
  • (archaic) a eunuch
  • * Wyclif Bible, Acts viii. 38
    • They went down both into the water, Philip and the gelding , and Philip baptized him.

    Verb

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    castration

    English

    Noun

  • The act of removing the testicles.
  • (figuratively) Any act that removes power from a person (particularly a man) or entity.

    • Derived terms

    * chemical castration

    Related terms

    * castrate * castrati

    See also

    * desex * geld * neuter * spay

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