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

  1. Engender as a verb (obsolete, transitive):

    To beget (of a man); to bear or conceive (of a woman).

  2. Engender as a verb (transitive):

    To give existence to, to produce (living creatures).

  3. Engender as a verb (transitive):

    To bring into existence (a situation, quality, result etc.); to give rise to, cause, create.

  4. Engender as a verb (intransitive):

    To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced.

  5. Engender as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):

    To copulate, to have sex.

  1. Engender as a verb (critical theory):

    To endow with gender; to create gender or enhance the importance of gender.

  1. Generate as a verb (transitive):

    To bring into being; give rise to.

    Examples:

    "The discussion generated an uproar."

  2. 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."

  3. Generate as a verb (transitive):

    To procreate, beget.

    Examples:

    "They generated many offspring."

  4. Generate as a verb (transitive, mathematics):

    To form a figure from a curve or solid.

    Examples:

    "Rotating a circle generates a sphere."

  5. Generate as a verb (intransitive):

    To appear or occur; be generated.