generation vs original

generation

noun
  • The act of creating something or bringing something into being; production, creation. 

  • Race, family; breed. 

  • A set stage in the development of computing or of a specific technology. 

  • The formation or production of any geometrical magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion, in accordance with a mathematical law, of a point or a magnitude, by the motion of a point, of a surface by a line, a sphere by a semicircle, etc. 

  • A version of a form of pop culture which differs from later or earlier versions. 

  • The act of creating a living creature or organism; procreation. 

  • The average amount of time needed for children to grow up and have children of their own, generally considered to be a period of around thirty years, used as a measure of time. 

  • A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or degree in genealogy, the members of a family from the same parents, considered as a single unit. 

  • A group of people born in a specific range of years and whose members can relate culturally to one another. 

  • A copy of a recording made from an earlier copy and thus further degraded in quality. 

original

noun
  • An object or other creation (e.g. narrative work) from which all later copies and variations are derived. 

  • A ridgeling. 

  • A newly designed garment released by a fashion designer as part of a collection. 

  • A person with a unique and interesting personality or creative talent. 

adj
  • Pioneering. 

  • First in a series of copies or versions. 

  • Having a specified place or time as its origin. 

  • Fresh, different. 

  • Newly created. 

  • Relating to the origin or beginning; preceding all others. 

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