Generate vs Create - What's the difference?
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To bring into being; give rise to.
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, title= To produce as a result of a chemical or physical process.
To procreate, beget.
(mathematics) To form a figure from a curve or solid.
To appear or occur; be generated.
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To put into existence.
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, title= To design, invest with a new form, shape, etc.
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, title= To be creative, imaginative.
To cause, bring a (non-object) about by action.
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, title= To confer a title of nobility, not by descent, but by giving a title either initiated or restored for the incumbent.
To confer a cardinalate, which can not be inherited, but most often bears a pre?existent title (notably a church in Rome).
(archaic) Created, resulting from creation.
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Create is a antonym of generate.
Create is a synonym of generate.
In transitive terms the difference between generate and create
is that generate is to procreate, beget while create is to confer a cardinalate, which can not be inherited, but most often bears a pre‐existent title (notably a church in Rome).In intransitive terms the difference between generate and create
is that generate is to appear or occur; be generated while create is to be creative, imaginative.As an adjective create is
created, resulting from creation.generate
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Verb
(generat)Europa League: Radamel Falcao's Atlético Madrid rout Athletic Bilbao, passage=In the last 20 minutes Athletic began to generate the sort of pressure of which they are capable, but by then it was far too late: the game had begun to slip away from them as early as the seventh minute.}}
T time, passage=The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them
- Mrs. Fennel, seeing the steam begin to generate on the countenances of her guests, crossed over and touched the fiddler's elbow and put her hand on the serpent's mouth.
Synonyms
* (to bring into being) createAntonyms
* (to bring into being) annihilate, extinguish * (to produce as a result of a chemical or physical process) eraseExternal links
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Verb
(creat)Well-connected Brains, passage=Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work.}}
The new masters and commanders, passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much.
The tao of tech, passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about "creating compelling content",
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace.
Synonyms
* (to put into existence) generate * inventAntonyms
* (to put into existence) annihilate, extinguish * imitateAdjective
(en adjective)- Hearts create of duty and zeal.