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spay vs sterilise

sterilise vs spay

spay and sterilise both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
spay No No Yes No
sterilise No No Yes No
As verbs, sterilise is a hypernym of spay; that is, sterilise is a word with a broader meaning than spay:
  • spay: remove the ovaries of
  • sterilise: make infertile
Other hypernyms of spay include desex, desexualise, desexualize, fix, sterilize, unsex.
spay (verb) sterilise (verb)
remove the ovaries of make infertile
make free from bacteria
Difference between spay and sterilise

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