Gelded vs. Barren — What's the Difference?

To castrate (a horse, for example).

(of land) too poor to produce much or any vegetation

To deprive of strength or vigor; weaken.

(of a place or building) bleak and lifeless

Simple past tense and past participle of geld

A barren tract or tracts of land

Castrated.

A group or drove of mules

(of a male animal) having the testicles removed;

Not producing or incapable of producing offspring. Used of female animals.

Often Offensive Not producing or incapable of producing offspring. Used of women.

Not producing or incapable of producing fruit

Lacking vegetation, especially useful vegetation

Unproductive of results or gains; unprofitable

Devoid of something specified

Lacking in liveliness or interest

Often barrens A tract of unproductive land, often with a scrubby growth of trees.

(not comparable) Unable to bear children; sterile.

Of poor fertility, infertile; not producing vegetation.

Bleak.

Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty.

Mentally dull; stupid.

An area of low fertility and habitation, a desolate place.

Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; - said of women and female animals.

Not producing vegetation, or useful vegetation; sterile.

Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty.

Mentally dull; stupid.

A tract of barren land.

Elevated lands or plains on which grow small trees, but not timber; as, pine barrens; oak barrens. They are not necessarily sterile, and are often fertile.

An uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation;

Providing no shelter or sustenance;

Not bearing offspring;

Incapable of sustaining life;