The difference between Genderless and Neuter
When used as adjectives, genderless means without a gender, in its various senses, whereas neuter means neutral.
Neuter is also noun with the meaning: an organism, either vegetable or animal, which at its maturity has no generative organs, or but imperfectly developed ones, as a plant without stamens or pistils, as the garden hydrangea.
Neuter is also verb with the meaning: to remove sex organs from an animal to prevent it from having offspring.
check bellow for the other definitions of Genderless and Neuter
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Genderless as an adjective:
Without a gender, in its various senses.
Examples:
"A genderless noun includes both the masculine and feminine forms."
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Neuter as an adjective (now, uncommon):
Neutral; on neither side; neither one thing nor another.
Examples:
"synonyms: impartianeutral"
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Neuter as an adjective (grammar):
Having a form which is not masculine nor feminine; or having a form which is not of common gender.
Examples:
"a neuter noun"
"the neuter definite article"
"a neuter termination"
"the neuter gender"
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Neuter as an adjective (grammar):
Intransitive.
Examples:
"synonyms: intransitive"
"a neuter verb"
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Neuter as an adjective (biology):
Sexless: having no or imperfectly developed sex organs.
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Neuter as an adjective (literary):
Sexless, nonsexual.
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Neuter as a noun (biology):
An organism, either vegetable or animal, which at its maturity has no generative organs, or but imperfectly developed ones, as a plant without stamens or pistils, as the garden Hydrangea; especially, one of the imperfectly developed females of certain social insects, as of the ant and the common honeybee, which perform the labors of the community, and are called workers.
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Neuter as a noun:
A person who takes no part in a contest; someone remaining neutral.
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Neuter as a noun (grammar):
The neuter gender.
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Neuter as a noun (grammar):
A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words.
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Neuter as a noun (grammar):
An intransitive verb or state-of-being verb.
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Neuter as a verb:
To remove sex organs from an animal to prevent it from having offspring; to castrate or spay, particularly as applied to domestic animals.
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Neuter as a verb:
To rid of sexuality.
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Neuter as a verb:
To drastically reduce the effectiveness of something.