Cooperate vs Obey - What's the difference?
cooperate | obey |
To work or act together, especially for a common purpose or benefit.
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To allow for mutual unobstructed action
To function in harmony, side by side
To engage in economic cooperation.
To do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act according to the bidding of.
To do as one is told.
(obsolete) To be obedient, compliant (to a given law, restriction etc.).
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.iv:
In intransitive terms the difference between cooperate and obey
is that cooperate is to engage in economic cooperation while obey is to do as one is told.cooperate
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Alternative forms
* co-operate (UK), (uncommon)Verb
(cooperat)citation
Usage notes
The usual pronunciation of 'oo' is /u?/ or /?/. The dieresis in the spelling emphasizes that the second o begins a separate syllable. However, the dieresis is becoming increasingly rare in US English typography, so the spelling cooperate predominates. See also .Synonyms
* to coact * make common causeReferences
* * * ----obey
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Verb
(en verb)- They were all taught by Triton, to obay / To the long raynes, at her commaundement [...].