Difference between Emasculate and Castrate

What is the difference between Emasculate and Castrate?

Emasculate as a verb is to deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate; to geld. while Castrate as a verb is to remove the testicles of.

Emasculate

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate; to geld. To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.

Castrate

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To remove the testicles of.To remove the ovaries of.

We hope you now know whether to use Emasculate or Castrate in your sentence.

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