Ascribe vs Unattributable - What's the difference?
ascribe | unattributable |
To attribute a cause or characteristic to someone or something.
To attribute a book, painting or any work of art or literature to a writer or creator.
Not able to be ascribed or attributed to a particular source
As a verb ascribe
is to attribute a cause or characteristic to someone or something.As an adjective unattributable is
not able to be ascribed or attributed to a particular source.ascribe
English
Verb
(ascrib)- One may ascribe these problems to the federal government; however, at this stage it is unclear what caused them.
- It is arguable as to whether we can truly ascribe this play to Shakespeare.
Synonyms
* attribute * imputeDerived terms
* ascribableAnagrams
* ----unattributable
English
Adjective
(-)- The source of the story is an unattributable leak from the government.
- There is a great deal of unattributable pollution of the water supply.