father vs engender

father is a noun but engender is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
father	Yes	No	Yes	No
engender	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, father and engender are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of father include beget, bring forth, generate, get, mother, sire.

father (noun)	engender (noun)
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
the founder of a family
a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization
a person who founds or establishes some institution
the head of an organized crime family

father (verb)	engender (verb)
make (offspring) by reproduction	make (offspring) by reproduction
	call forth