Generic vs Genre - What's the difference?
generic | genre |
Very comprehensive; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups as opposed to specific.
:* "...the essence is that such self-describing poets describe what is in them, but not peculiar to them, – what is generic , not what is special and individual." — Walter Bagehot (1826–1877)
Lacking in precision, often in an evasive fashion; vague; imprecise.
(of a product or drug) Not having a brand name.
(biology, not comparable) Of or relating to a taxonomic genus.
(grammar) Specifying neither masculine nor feminine; epicene.
(computing) (Of program code) Written so as to operate on any data type, the type required being passed as a parameter.
(geometry, of a point) Having coordinates that are algebraically independent over the base field.
A product sold under a generic name
A wine that is a blend of several wines, or made from a blend of several grape varieties
(grammar) A term that specifies neither male nor female.
* 1998 , Jacqueline A. Dienemann, Nursing administration: managing patient care
A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks.
As nouns the difference between generic and genre
is that generic is a product sold under a generic name while genre is .As an adjective generic
is very comprehensive; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups as opposed to specific.generic
English
(wikipedia generic)Alternative forms
* generickAdjective
(en adjective)- Words like salesperson and firefighter are generic .
Synonyms
* (comprehensive) general * (lacking a brand) unbrandedAntonyms
* (comprehensive) specific, proprietary * (lacking a brand) non-generic, proprietary, brandedDerived terms
* genericity * genericnessNoun
(en noun)genre
English
Noun
(en noun)- The still-life has been a popular genre in painting since the 17th century.
- The computer game Half-Life redefined the first-person shooter genre .