Donate vs Dedicate - What's the difference?
donate | dedicate |
To make a donation; to give away something of value to support or contribute towards a cause or for the benefit of another.
To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.
To set apart for a special use
To commit (oneself) to a particular course of thought or action
To address or inscribe (a literary work, for example) to another as a mark of respect or affection.
To open (a building, for example) to public use.
To show to the public for the first time
(obsolete) Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.
* Shakespeare
* (George Henry Calvert)
As verbs the difference between donate and dedicate
is that donate is to make a donation; to give away something of value to support or contribute towards a cause or for the benefit of another while dedicate is to set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.As an adjective dedicate is
dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.donate
English
Verb
(donat)- She donates 100 dollars to Red Crescent every year.
- He donated an etching from his own collection to the new art gallery.
Anagrams
* ----dedicate
English
Verb
(dedicat)- dedicated their money to scientific research.
- dedicated ourselves to starting our own business. See Synonyms at devote.
- dedicate a monument.
Adjective
(en adjective)- Dedicate to nothing temporal.
- His life is dedicate to worthiness.
