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Ecosystem vs Collaborate - What's the difference?

ecosystem | collaborate |

As a noun ecosystem

is a system formed by an ecological community and its environment that functions as a unit.

As a verb collaborate is

to work together with others to achieve a common goal.

ecosystem

Noun

(en noun)
  • A system formed by an ecological community and its environment that functions as a unit.
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  • , author=Donald Worster , title=A Drier and Hotter Future , volume=100, issue=1, page=70 , magazine= citation , passage=Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems , and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force.}}
  • The interconnectedness of organisms (plants, animals, microbes) with each other and their environment.
  • (business, marketing) A set of interconnected products and services.
  • 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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