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What is the difference between ascribe and attribute?

ascribe | attribute |

Attribute is a synonym of ascribe.



As verbs the difference between ascribe and attribute

is that ascribe is to attribute a cause or characteristic to someone or something while attribute is to ascribe (something) {{term|to}} a given cause, reason etc.

As a noun attribute is

a characteristic or quality of a thing.

ascribe

English

Verb

(ascrib)
  • To attribute a cause or characteristic to someone or something.
    • One may ascribe these problems to the federal government; however, at this stage it is unclear what caused them.
  • To attribute a book, painting or any work of art or literature to a writer or creator.
    • It is arguable as to whether we can truly ascribe this play to Shakespeare.

    Synonyms

    * attribute * impute

    Derived terms

    * ascribable

    Related terms

    * ascription * ascriptive

    Anagrams

    * ----

    attribute

    English

    (wikipedia attribute)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A characteristic or quality of a thing.
    • His finest attribute is his kindness.
  • (grammar) A word that qualifies a noun.
    • In the clause "My jacket is more expensive than yours", "My" is the attribute of "jacket".
  • (computing) The applicable option selection; a variable or a value.
    • This packet has its coherency attribute set to zero.
  • (logic) That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident.
  • (computing, programming) A semantic item with which a method, etc. may be decorated.
    • There are some more implementations which use C
  • attribute s to define custom attributes specific to the AOP engine. Then the classes that need to be intercepted will be decorated with these custom attributes.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    () * attributeness * relational attribute

    Related terms

    () * attributive

    Verb

    (attribut)
  • To ascribe (something) (to) a given cause, reason etc.
  • * Archbishop Tillotson
    • We attribute nothing to God that hath any repugnancy or contradiction in it.
  • * Shakespeare
    • The merit of service is seldom attributed to the true and exact performer.
  • * 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 278:
    • H?kim's atypical actions should not be attributed to Islam as much as to insanity, which eventually led him to proclaim himself as Allah, whereupon he was murdered by outraged fellow Muslims.
  • To associate ownership or authorship of (something) (to) someone.
    • This poem is attributed to Browning.

    Derived terms

    () * attributable * attribution

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