The difference between Engender and Generate
When used as verbs, engender means to beget (of a man), whereas generate means to bring into being.
check bellow for the other definitions of Engender and Generate
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Engender as a verb (obsolete, transitive):
To beget (of a man); to bear or conceive (of a woman).
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Engender as a verb (transitive):
To give existence to, to produce (living creatures).
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Engender as a verb (transitive):
To bring into existence (a situation, quality, result etc.); to give rise to, cause, create.
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Engender as a verb (intransitive):
To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced.
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Engender as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):
To copulate, to have sex.
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Engender as a verb (critical theory):
To endow with gender; to create gender or enhance the importance of gender.
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Generate as a verb (transitive):
To bring into being; give rise to.
Examples:
"The discussion generated an uproar."
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Generate as a verb (transitive):
To produce as a result of a chemical or physical process.
Examples:
"Adding concentrated sulphuric acid to water generates heat."
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Generate as a verb (transitive):
To procreate, beget.
Examples:
"They generated many offspring."
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Generate as a verb (transitive, mathematics):
To form a figure from a curve or solid.
Examples:
"Rotating a circle generates a sphere."
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Generate as a verb (intransitive):
To appear or occur; be generated.
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