Effeminate vs. Emasculate — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Effeminate and Emasculate
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Effeminate
(of a man) having characteristics regarded as typical of a woman; unmanly
He lisps and his handshake is effeminate
Emasculate
Deprive (a man) of his male role or identity
He feels emasculated, because he cannot control his sons' behaviour
Effeminate
Having or showing qualities or characteristics more often associated with females than males; unmanly
"gentle, kind, effeminate remorse" (Shakespeare).
Emasculate
Make (someone or something) weaker or less effective
The refusal to allow them to testify effectively emasculated the committee
Effeminate
Exhibiting behaviour or mannerisms considered typical of a female; unmasculine.
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Emasculate
To castrate.
Effeminate
(obsolete) Womanly; tender, affectionate, caring.
Emasculate
To deprive of strength or vigor; weaken.
Effeminate
To make womanly; to unman.
Emasculate
Deprived of virility, strength, or vigor.
Effeminate
(intransitive) To become womanly.
Emasculate
Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned, weak.
Effeminate
An effeminate person.
Emasculate
(transitive) To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate, to geld.
Effeminate
Having some characteristic of a woman, as delicacy, luxuriousness, etc.; soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; womanish; weak.
The king, by his voluptuous life and mean marriage, became effeminate, and less sensible of honor.
An effeminate and unmanly foppery.
Emasculate
(specifically) To remove the entire male genitalia (the testicles, scrotum, and penis) of (a person or animal).
Effeminate
Womanlike; womanly; tender; - in a good sense.
Gentle, kind, effeminate remorse.
Emasculate
(transitive) To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.
Effeminate
To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken.
It will not corrupt or effeminate children's minds.
Emasculate
Of a flower: to deprive of the anthers.
Effeminate
To grow womanish or weak.
In a slothful peace both courage will effeminate and manners corrupt.
Emasculate
To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate power; to castrate; to geld.
Effeminate
Having unsuitable feminine qualities
Emasculate
To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.
Luxury had not emasculated their minds.
Effeminate
Characterized by excessive softness or self-indulgence;
An effeminate civilization
Emasculate
Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak.
Emasculate
Deprive of strength or vigor;
The Senate emasculated the law
Emasculate
Remove the testicles of a male animal
Emasculate
Having unsuitable feminine qualities
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