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barrenness vs infertility

infertility vs barrenness

barrenness and infertility both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
barrenness Yes No No No
infertility Yes No No No
As nouns, infertility is a hypernym of barrenness; that is, infertility is a word with a broader meaning than barrenness:
  • barrenness: the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children
  • infertility: the state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to impregnate
Other hypernyms of barrenness include sterility.
barrenness (noun) infertility (noun)
the quality of yielding nothing of value the state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to impregnate
the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children
Difference between barrenness and infertility

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