Contribute vs Subserve - What's the difference?
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To give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole.
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To assist in carrying out.
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Contribute is a related term of subserve.
As verbs the difference between contribute and subserve
is that contribute is to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole while subserve is to serve to promote (an end); to be useful to.contribute
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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.}}
Synonyms
* add * assist * bestow * bring * chip in * impart * kick in * lend * provide * put upsubserve
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(en-verb)- 'Tis a greater credit to know the ways of captivating Nature, and making her subserve our purposes, than to have learned all the intrigues of policy.
