Generic vs. Genericize: What’s the Difference?

• Generic (adjective)

  Very comprehensive; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups as opposed to specific.

• Generic (adjective)

  Lacking in precision, often in an evasive fashion; vague; imprecise.

• Generic (adjective)

  Not having a brand name.

• Generic (adjective)

  Of or relating to a taxonomic genus.

• Generic (adjective)

  Relating to gender.

• Generic (adjective)

  Specifying neither masculine nor feminine; epicene.

  “Words like salesperson and firefighter are generic.”

• Generic (adjective)

  (Of program code) Written so as to operate on any data type, the type required being passed as a parameter.

• Generic (adjective)

  Having coordinates that are algebraically independent over the base field.

• Generic (noun)

  A product sold under a generic name.

• Generic (noun)

  A wine that is a blend of several wines, or made from a blend of several grape varieties.

• Generic (noun)

  A term that specifies neither male nor female.

• Genericize (verb)

  To make generic.

• Genericize (verb)

  To turn into a genericized trademark.

• Genericize (verb)

  To make more generic: usable in more contexts.

• Generic (adjective)

  characteristic of or relating to a class or group of things; not specific

  “chèvre is a generic term for all goat’s milk cheese”

• Generic (adjective)

  (of goods, especially medicinal drugs) having no brand name; not protected by a registered trademark.

• Generic (adjective)

  lacking imagination or individuality; predictable and unoriginal

  “generic dance-floor fillers”

  “the plot of the film isn’t just generic, it’s insultingly stupid”

• Generic (adjective)

  relating to a genus.

• Generic (noun)

  a consumer product having no brand name or registered trademark

  “substituting generics for brand-name drugs”

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