The difference between Engender and Produce

When used as verbs, engender means to beget (of a man), whereas produce means to yield, make or manufacture.


Produce is also noun with the meaning: that which is produced.

check bellow for the other definitions of Engender and Produce

  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. Produce as a verb (transitive):

    To yield, make or manufacture; to generate.

  2. Produce as a verb (transitive):

    To make (a thing) available to a person, an authority, etc.; to provide for inspection.

  3. Produce as a verb (transitive, media):

    To sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc) to an audience or to the public.

  4. Produce as a verb (mathematics):

    To extend an area, or lengthen a line.

    Examples:

    "to produce a side of a triangle"

  5. Produce as a verb (obsolete):

    To draw out; to extend; to lengthen or prolong.

    Examples:

    "to produce a man's life to threescore"

    "rfquotek Sir Thomas Browne"

  6. Produce as a verb (music):

    To alter using technology, as opposed to simply performing.

    Examples:

    "highly produced sound"

  1. Produce as a noun:

    That which is produced.

    Examples:

    "synonyms output proceeds product yield"

  2. Produce as a noun:

    Harvested agricultural goods collectively, especially vegetables and fruit, but possibly including eggs, dairy products and meat; the saleable food products of farms.

  3. Produce as a noun:

    Offspring.

  4. Produce as a noun (Australia):

    Livestock and pet food supplies.