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impotency vs sterility

sterility vs impotency

impotency and sterility both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
impotency Yes No No No
sterility Yes No No No
As nouns, sterility is a hypernym of impotency; that is, sterility is a word with a broader meaning than impotency:
  • impotency: an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate
  • sterility: 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 impotency include infertility.
impotency (noun) sterility (noun)
the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble 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
an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms
Difference between impotency and sterility

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