The difference between Emasculate and Strengthen

When used as verbs, emasculate means to deprive of virile or procreative power, whereas strengthen means to make strong or stronger.


Emasculate is also adjective with the meaning: deprived of virility or vigor.

check bellow for the other definitions of Emasculate and Strengthen

  1. Emasculate as an adjective:

    Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned, weak.

  1. Emasculate as a verb (transitive):

    To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate, to geld.

  2. Emasculate as a verb (transitive):

    To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.

  3. Emasculate as a verb (transitive, botany):

    Of a flower: to deprive of the anthers.

  1. Strengthen as a verb (transitive):

    To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify; to reinforce.

    Examples:

    "to strengthen a limb, a bridge, an army;  to strengthen an obligation; to strengthen authority"

  2. Strengthen as a verb (transitive):

    To animate; to give moral strength to; to encourage; to fix in resolution; to hearten.

  3. Strengthen as a verb (transitive):

    To augment; to improve; to intensify.

  4. Strengthen as a verb (intransitive):

    To grow strong or stronger.