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Collaborate vs Cola - What's the difference?

collaborate | cola |

As a verb collaborate

is to work together with others to achieve a common goal.

As a noun cola is

the kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts.

As a proper noun COLA is

comp.os.linux.advocacy (a Usenet newsgroup.

collaborate

English

Verb

(collaborat)
  • To work together with others to achieve a common goal.
    • Let's collaborate on this dictionary, and get it finished faster.
  • To voluntarily cooperate treasonably, as with an enemy occupation force in one's country.
    • If you collaborate with the occupying forces, you will be shot.

    See also

    * collaborator * collaboration

    References

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    cola

    English

    Etymology 1

    From a (etyl) language, compare Temne kola, Mandinka kola. The beverage "Coca-Cola" was what made the term widely known.

    Alternative forms

    * (the plant or nut) kola

    Noun

  • The kola plant, genus Cola , famous for its nut, or one of these nuts.
  • A beverage or a made with kola nut flavoring, caramel and carbonated water.

    • See also

    * (projectlink) * * (projectlink)

    Etymology 2

    See colon

    Noun

    (head)
  • (obsolete)
  • * 2008 , Alexandre Allauzen, Review of “Mathematical Linguistics” by Andras Kornai
    • In this part, the author presents a prosodic hierarchy describing syllables, moras, feet, cola and a typology for words and stress.

    Anagrams

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