The difference between Debilitate and Emasculate
When used as verbs, debilitate means to make feeble, whereas emasculate means to deprive of virile or procreative power.
Emasculate is also adjective with the meaning: deprived of virility or vigor.
check bellow for the other definitions of Debilitate and Emasculate
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Debilitate as a verb (transitive):
To make feeble; to weaken.
Examples:
"The American Dream suffered a debilitating effect after the subprime crisis."
"synonyms: enervate enfeeble weaken"
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Emasculate as an adjective:
Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned, weak.
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Emasculate as a verb (transitive):
To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate, to geld.
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Emasculate as a verb (transitive):
To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.
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Emasculate as a verb (transitive, botany):
Of a flower: to deprive of the anthers.