Contribute vs Accrue - What's the difference?
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To give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole.
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, title= To increase, to augment; to come to by way of increase; to arise or spring as a growth or result; to be added as increase, profit, or damage, especially as the produce of money lent.
* And though power failed, her courage did accrue -
* Interest accrues to principal - Abbott
* The great and essential advantages accruing to society from the freedom of the press - Junius
(accounting) To be incurred as a result of the passage of time.
(legal) To become an enforceable and permanent right.
(obsolete) Something that accrues; advantage accruing
English words prefixed with ad-
As verbs the difference between contribute and accrue
is that contribute is to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole while accrue is to increase, to augment; to come to by way of increase; to arise or spring as a growth or result; to be added as increase, profit, or damage, especially as the produce of money lent.As a noun accrue is
something that accrues; advantage accruing.contribute
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Verb
(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.}}
Synonyms
* add * assist * bestow * bring * chip in * impart * kick in * lend * provide * put upaccrue
English
(wikipedia accrue)Verb
(accru)- The monthly financial statements show all the actual but only some of the accrued expenses.