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Impotency vs Impotence - What's the difference?

impotency | impotence | Alternative forms |

Impotence is a alternative form of impotency.



As nouns the difference between impotency and impotence

is that impotency is dated form of impotence while impotence is powerlessness.

impotency

English

Noun

(-)
    • Some were poor by impotency of nature; as young fatherless children, old decrepit persons, idiots, and cripples. — Hayward.

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    impotence

    English

    Alternative forms

    * impotency

    Noun

    (-)
  • Powerlessness.
    • O, impotence of mind in body strong! — Milton.
  • Inability to copulate or beget children; sterility, erectile dysfunction, etc.

    • Related terms

    * impotent