Impotent vs Spayed - What's the difference?
impotent | spayed | Related terms |
Lacking physical strength or vigor; weak.
Lacking in power, as to act effectively; helpless
* Technology without morality is barbarous; morality without technology is impotent (Freeman J. Dyson).
Incapable of sexual intercourse, often because of an inability to achieve or sustain an erection.
(of a male) Sterile.
(obsolete) Lacking self-restraint.
* Dryden
(spay)
To remove or destroy the ovaries (of an animal) so that it cannot become pregnant.
Impotent is a related term of spayed.
As an adjective impotent
is lacking physical strength or vigor; weak.As a verb spayed is
(spay).impotent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Impotent of tongue, her silence broke.
Synonyms
* (lacking strength) feeble, puny, weak * (lacking power) helpless, powerless * (incapable of sexual intercourse) * (lacking self-restraint) incontinentAntonyms
* potentspayed
English
Verb
(head)spay
English
Etymology 1
From the (etyl) espeier, equivalent to the (etyl) .Alternative forms
* (l) * (l)Verb
Synonyms
* castrate, emasculate (for a male) * geld * neuter * sterilize (used for all species and for both genders)References
* “spay, v.'']” listed in the '' [2nd Ed.; 1989
Etymology 2
See spayard.References
* “spay]” listed as a variant spelling of “[http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50232517 spaya(r)d, spayd]”, listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989