The difference between Emasculate and Spay
When used as verbs, emasculate means to deprive of virile or procreative power, whereas spay means to remove or destroy the ovaries (of an animal) so that it cannot become pregnant.
Emasculate is also adjective with the meaning: deprived of virility or vigor.
check bellow for the other definitions of Emasculate and Spay
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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.
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Spay as a verb (transitive):
To remove or destroy the ovaries (of an animal) so that it cannot become pregnant.
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Spay as a noun:
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Spay as a verb: