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infertility vs impotency

impotency vs infertility

infertility and impotency both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
infertility Yes No No No
impotency Yes No No No
As nouns, impotency is a hyponym of infertility; that is, impotency is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than infertility:
  • 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
  • impotency: an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate
Other hyponyms of infertility include impotence, barrenness, cacogenesis, dysgenesis.
infertility (noun) impotency (noun)
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 quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble
an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate
Difference between infertility and impotency

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