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Abet vs Cooperate - What's the difference?

abet | cooperate |

As verbs the difference between abet and cooperate

is that abet is (obsolete|transitive) to urge on, stimulate (a person to do) something desirable while cooperate is .

As a noun abet

is (obsolete) fraud or cunning .

abet

English

Verb

(abett)
  • (obsolete) To urge on, stimulate (a person to do) something desirable.
  • To incite; to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime.
  • * 1823 , Ringan Gilhaize, The covenanters, by the author of Annals of the parish :
    • Those who would exalt themselves by abetting the strength of the Godless, and the wrength of the oppressors.
  • (archaic) To support, countenance, maintain, uphold, or aid any good cause, opinion, or action; to maintain.
  • * 1835 , Jeremy Taylor, George Rust, The whole works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor :
    • Our duty is urged, and our confidence abetted .
  • (obsolete) To back up one's forecast of a doubtful issue, by staking money, etc., to bet.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "abet")

    Synonyms

    * (to instigate or encourage by aid or countenance) incite, instigate, set on, egg on, foment, advocate, countenance, encourage, second, uphold, aid, assist, support, sustain, back, connive at.

    Derived terms

    * aid and abet * abetment * abettal * abetter, abettor

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Fraud or cunning.
  • (obsolete) An act of abetting; of helping; of giving aid.

    • Anagrams

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    References

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    cooperate

    English

    Alternative forms

    * co-operate (UK), (uncommon)

    Verb

    (cooperat)
  • To work or act together, especially for a common purpose or benefit.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012, date=November 7, author=Matt Bai, title=Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=In polling by the Pew Research Center in November 2008, fully half the respondents thought the two parties would cooperate more in the coming year, versus only 36 percent who thought the climate would grow more adversarial. }}
  • To allow for mutual unobstructed action
  • To function in harmony, side by side
  • To engage in economic cooperation.

    • Usage notes

    The usual pronunciation of 'oo' is /u?/ or /?/. The dieresis in the spelling emphasizes that the second o begins a separate syllable. However, the dieresis is becoming increasingly rare in US English typography, so the spelling cooperate predominates. See also .

    Synonyms

    * to coact * make common cause

    Related terms

    * cooperative * cooperation * cooperator

    References

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