Neuter vs Asexual - What's the difference?
neuter | asexual | Synonyms |
(archaic) Neither the one thing nor the other; on neither side; impartial; neutral.
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(grammar) Having a form belonging more especially to words which are not appellations of males or females; expressing or designating that which is of neither sex.
(grammar) Intransitive
(biology) Having no generative organs, or imperfectly developed ones; sexless.
(grammar) The neuter gender.
(grammar) A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words.
(biology) An organism, either vegetable or animal, which at its maturity has no generative organs, or but imperfectly developed ones, as a plant without stamens or pistils, as the garden Hydrangea; especially, one of the imperfectly developed females of certain social insects, as of the ant and the common honeybee, which perform the labors of the community, and are called workers.
A person who takes no part in a contest; someone remaining neutral.
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(grammar) An intransitive verb or state-of-being verb.
* 1820 , M. Santagnello, A Dictionary of the Peculiarities of the Italian Language , G. and W. B. Whittaker,
* 1847 , (Brian Houghton Hodgson), Essay the First; On the Kocch, Bódo and Dhimál Tribes, in Three Parts , J. Thomas,
* 1971 , Harry Hoijer, “Athapaskan Morphology”, in Jesse O. Sawyer (editor), Studies in American Indian Languages , University of California Press (1973), ISBN 978-0-520-02525-7,
To remove sex organs from an animal to prevent it from having offspring; to castrate or spay, particularly as applied to domestic animals.
To rid of sexuality
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Not experiencing sexual attraction; lacking interest in or desire for sex.
* 2010 , Jerrold S. Greenberg, Clint E. Bruess, Sarah C. Conklin, Exploring the Dimensions of Human Sexuality , fourth edition, pages 357–358:
Not sexual in nature, not marked by sexual activity. (Compare Platonic .)
* 2004 , Martha Vicinus, Intimate Friends: women who loved women, 1778-1928 , page 150:
(biology) Having no distinct sex, having no sexual organs.
(biology) Without sexual action; reproducing by some other method than sex.
(biology) A species which reproduces by asexual rather than sexual reproduction, or a member of such a species.
* 2009 , Isa Schön, Giampaolo Rossetti, Koen Martens, Darwinulid Ostracods: Ancient Asexual Scandals or Scandalous Gossip?'', published as Chapter 11 of ''Lost Sex: The Evolutionary Biology of Parthenogenesis , Isa Schön, Koen Martens, Peter van Dijk (editors), page 221:
A person who does not experience sexual attraction; a person who lacks interest in or desire for sex.
Neuter is a synonym of asexual.
In biology|lang=en terms the difference between neuter and asexual
is that neuter is (biology) an organism, either vegetable or animal, which at its maturity has no generative organs, or but imperfectly developed ones, as a plant without stamens or pistils, as the garden hydrangea; especially, one of the imperfectly developed females of certain social insects, as of the ant and the common honeybee, which perform the labors of the community, and are called workers while asexual is (biology) a species which reproduces by asexual rather than sexual reproduction, or a member of such a species.As adjectives the difference between neuter and asexual
is that neuter is (archaic) neither the one thing nor the other; on neither side; impartial; neutral while asexual is not experiencing sexual attraction; lacking interest in or desire for sex.As nouns the difference between neuter and asexual
is that neuter is (grammar) the neuter gender while asexual is (biology) a species which reproduces by asexual rather than sexual reproduction, or a member of such a species.As a verb neuter
is to remove sex organs from an animal to prevent it from having offspring; to castrate or spay, particularly as applied to domestic animals.neuter
English
Alternative forms
*Adjective
(-)- In all our undertakings God will be either our friend or our enemy; for Providence never stands neuter .
- a neuter''' noun''; ''the '''neuter''' definite article''; ''a '''neuter''' termination''; ''the '''neuter gender
- a neuter verb
Noun
(en noun)- Friends, neuters , enemies, all are as one, to make a fool a madman is their sport […].
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- Make one do, or'' act (to), ''fare fare'', ''fare agire , with an accusative when the verb is a neuter , and with a dative when otherwise.
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- Compound verbs other than those already spoken of whereby neuters are made active, are very rare, as I have already hinted under the head of nouns.
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- In all the Apachean languages, verbs are divided into two major categories, neuters and actives, each of which may be further divided into intransitives, transitives, and passives.
Quotations
* (English Citations of "neuter")Verb
(en verb)citation, page= , passage=The neutering extends to Believe’s guest stars, with warm-and-fuzzy verses from Ludacris (“I love everything about you / You’re imperfectly perfect”), Big Sean (“I don’t know if this makes sense, but you’re my hallelujah”), Nicki Minaj (who at least squeaks a “bitches” into her verse), and especially Drake, whose desire to hug and kiss the object of his affection on “Right Here” is reminiscent of The Red Hot Chili Peppers on Krusty’s Comeback Special. }}
Synonyms
* castrate, desex, doctor, fix, spayAnagrams
* * * * ----asexual
English
(Asexuality)Adjective
(-)- Many asexual' people experience attraction, but feel no need to act out that attraction sexually. Because they don't see a lack of sexual arousal as a problem to be corrected, ' asexual people focus their energy on enjoying other types of arousal and pleasure.
- The central paradox of Linton's writing was her inability, or unwillingness, to imagine an asexual friendship between women.
- asexual reproduction
Synonyms
* (not experiencing sexual attraction) ace (slang), asexy (slang) * (not of marked sex) epiceneAntonyms
* sexual, hornyDerived terms
* asexual reproductionCoordinate terms
*See also
* fission * gemmationNoun
(en noun)- 11.2 Demonstrating the Status of Long-Lived Asexuals
- [...] Indeed, if sex has so many advantages, then which special adaptations - if any - allow long-term survival without it? However, the main task of the research teams dealing with such putative ancient asexuals has thus far been to demonstrate that their respective groups (mainly bdelloids, darwinulids and certain lineages within orbatid mites) indeed merit the status.