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Attribution vs Unattributed - What's the difference?

attribution | unattributed |

As a noun attribution

is the act of attributing something.

As an adjective unattributed is

lacking attribution; of unknown authorship.

attribution

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of attributing something.
  • An explicit or formal acknowledgment of ownership or authorship.
    • The attribution of the quote is widely regarded as dubious.

    unattributed

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Lacking attribution; of unknown authorship
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 18, author=Jennifer 8. Lee, title=A Mobile Work of Art Is Missing an Ironworker, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The sculpture is a life-size depiction of the unattributed 1932 photograph, which shows a group of 11 ironworkers above the Rockefeller Center construction site. }}