different between castrate vs unsex

English

Etymology 1

From Latin castr?tus, past participle of castr?.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kæs.t?e?t/

Noun

castrate (plural castrates)

1. A castrated man; a eunuch.
   • 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:

     The castrate voice had a strange power not duplicated by soprano or countertenor.

Etymology 2

From the past participle stem of Latin castr?re.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kæs.t?e?t/, /kæs?t?e?t/

Verb

castrate (third-person singular simple present castrates, present participle castrating, simple past and past participle castrated)

1. (transitive) To remove the testicles of an animal.
2. (transitive) To remove the ovaries and/or uterus of an animal.
3. (transitive, figuratively) To take something from; to render imperfect or ineffectual.

Synonyms

• geld (used only of animals, especially horses)
• spay f / neuter (used only of animals, especially pets)
• sterilize (used for all species and for both genders)

Hyponyms

• emasculate

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• rascetta, tea carts, teacarts, tear-cats

Italian

Verb

castrate

1. second-person plural present indicative of castrare
2. second-person plural imperative of castrare
3. feminine plural of castrato

Anagrams

• crestata
• scartate
• scattare
• scatterà
• trescata

Latin

Noun

castr?te

1. vocative singular of castr?tus

English

Etymology

un- +? sex

Verb

unsex (third-person singular simple present unsexes, present participle unsexing, simple past and past participle unsexed)

1. To deprive of sexual attributes or characteristics.
   • 1603-06, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act I, Scene V:

     Lady Macbeth: "Come, you spirits / That tend on mortal thoughts! unsex me here, / And fill me from the crown to the toe full / Of direst cruelty:"

   • 1859, George Meredith, The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Chapter 1:

     The Amazon cut off a breat to battle: How will not Woman disfigure and unsex herself to gain her end?
2. To sterilize (deprive of the ability to procreate); to castrate.

Anagrams

• UN*Xes, nexus, nexûs, nex?s