The difference between Generic and Proprietary

When used as nouns, generic means a product sold under a generic name, whereas proprietary means a proprietor or owner.

When used as adjectives, generic means very comprehensive, whereas proprietary means of or relating to property or ownership.

check bellow for the other definitions of Generic and Proprietary

Generic as an adjective:

Very comprehensive; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups as opposed to specific.
Generic as an adjective:

Lacking in precision, often in an evasive fashion; vague; imprecise.
Generic as an adjective (of a product or drug):

Not having a brand name.
Generic as an adjective (biology, not comparable):

Of or relating to a taxonomic genus.
Generic as an adjective:

Relating to gender.
Generic as an adjective (grammar):

Specifying neither masculine nor feminine; epicene.

Examples:

"Words like [[salesperson]] and [[firefighter]] are generic."
Generic as an adjective (computing):

(Of program code) Written so as to operate on any data type, the type required being passed as a parameter.
Generic as an adjective (geometry, of a [[point]]):

Having coordinates that are algebraically independent over the base field.

Generic as a noun:

A product sold under a generic name.
Generic as a noun:

A wine that is a blend of several wines, or made from a blend of several grape varieties.
Generic as a noun (grammar):

A term that specifies neither male nor female.

Proprietary as an adjective:

Of or relating to property or ownership.

Examples:

"proprietary rights"
Proprietary as an adjective:

Owning something; having ownership.

Examples:

"the proprietary class"
Proprietary as an adjective:

Created or manufactured exclusively by the owner of intellectual property rights, as with a patent or trade secret.

Examples:

"The continuous profitability of the company is based on its many proprietary products."
Proprietary as an adjective:

Nonstandard and controlled by one particular organization.

Examples:

"a proprietary extension to the [[HTML]] standard for Web page structure"
Proprietary as an adjective:

Privately owned.

Examples:

"a proprietary lake; a proprietary chapel"
Proprietary as an adjective (of a, person):

Possessive, jealous, or territorial.

Proprietary as a noun:

A proprietor or owner.

Examples:

"rfquotek Fuller"
Proprietary as a noun:

A body of proprietors, taken collectively.
Proprietary as a noun:

The rights of a proprietor.
Proprietary as a noun:

A monk who had reserved goods and belongings to himself, notwithstanding his renunciation of all at the time of profession.