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neuter vs desexualize

desexualize vs neuter

neuter is a noun but desexualize is not a noun.

neuter is an adjective but desexualize is not an adjective.

neuter and desexualize both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
neuter Yes Yes Yes No
desexualize No No Yes No
As verbs, desexualize is a hypernym of neuter; that is, desexualize is a word with a broader meaning than neuter:
  • neuter: remove the ovaries of
  • desexualize: make infertile
Other hypernyms of neuter include desex, desexualise, fix, sterilise, sterilize, unsex.
neuter (noun) desexualize (noun)
a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine)
neuter (adjective) desexualize (adjective)
neither male nor female (of grammatical gender)
having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex organs
neuter (verb) desexualize (verb)
remove the ovaries of make infertile
direct one's libidinous urges into another direction
Difference between neuter and desexualize

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