Castrate vs. Sterilize — What's the Difference?

Remove the testicles of (a male animal or man).

Make (something) free from bacteria or other living microorganisms

A man or male animal whose testicles have been removed

Deprive (a person or animal) of the ability to produce offspring, typically by removing or blocking the sex organs

To remove the testicles of (a male); geld or emasculate.

To make free from live bacteria or other microorganisms.

To remove the ovaries of (a female); spay.

To eliminate the ability of a person or animal to produce offspring, as by altering or removing the reproductive organs.

To deprive of virility or spirit; emasculate.

To make incapable of bearing fruit or germinating.

An individual who is incapable of reproduction as a result of removal, destruction, or inactivation of the gonads.

To render (land) unfruitful.

A castrated man; a eunuch.

(Economics) To place (gold) in safekeeping so as not to affect the supply of money or credit.

(transitive) To remove the testicles of a person or animal.

To make inoffensive or innocuous

(transitive) To remove the ovaries and/or uterus of an animal.

(transitive) To deprive of the ability to procreate.

To take something from; to render imperfect or ineffectual.

(transitive) To make unable to produce; to make unprofitable.

To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to alter.

To kill, deactivate (denature), or destroy (break apart) all living, viable microorganisms and spores on a surface, in a fluid, or contained in a compound, such as culture media or a medical product.

To cut or take out; esp. to remove anything erroneous, or objectionable from, as the obscene parts of a writing; to expurgate.

(transitive) To redact (a document), removing classified or sensitive material.

A man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction;

To make sterile or unproductive; to impoverish, as land; to exhaust of fertility.

Deprive of strength or vigor;

To deprive of the power of reproducing; to render incapable of germination or fecundation; to make sterile.

Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate;

To destroy all spores or germs in (an organic fluid or mixture) or on (a medical instrument), as by heat, so as to prevent contamination by bacteria or other organisms. A common method of sterilization in laboratories and medical facilities is to heat a liquid sample or an instrument in an autoclave.

Remove the testicles of a male animal

To destroy all spores or germs on (a surface) by wetting with an antiseptic liquid, such as an alcoholic solution.

Remove the ovaries of;

Make free from bacteria

Make infertile;