The difference between Engender and Invent

When used as verbs, engender means to beget (of a man), whereas invent means to design a new process or mechanism.


check bellow for the other definitions of Engender and Invent

  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. Invent as a verb:

    To design a new process or mechanism.

    Examples:

    "After weeks of hard work, I invented a new way to alphabetize matchbooks."

  2. Invent as a verb:

    To create something fictional for a particular purpose.

    Examples:

    "I knew I had to invent an excuse, and quickly."

    "We need a name to put in this form, so let's just invent one."

    "synonyms: make up"

  3. Invent as a verb (obsolete):

    To come upon; to find; to discover.