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sterility vs impotency

impotency vs sterility

sterility and impotency both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sterility Yes No No No
impotency Yes No No No
As nouns, impotency is a hyponym of sterility; that is, impotency is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sterility:
  • 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
  • impotency: an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate
Other hyponyms of sterility include impotence, barrenness, cacogenesis, dysgenesis.
sterility (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
(of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate
Difference between sterility and impotency

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