Constitutes vs Contributes - What's the difference?
constitutes | contributes |
(constitute)
To cause to stand; to establish; to enact.
* Jeremy Taylor
To make up; to compose; to form.
* Johnson
To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and empower.
* William Wordsworth
(contribute)
To give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole.
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(Webster 1913)Verb
(constitut)- Laws appointed and constituted by lawful authority.
- Truth and reason constitute that intellectual gold that defies destruction.
- Me didst Thou constitute a priest of thine.
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* establish, enact * make up, compose, formExternal links
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(contribut)Katie L. Burke
In the News, volume=101, issue=3, page=193, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.}}
