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Fund vs Donate - What's the difference?

fund | donate |

As verbs the difference between fund and donate

is that fund is to pay for while 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.

As a noun fund

is a sum or source of money.

fund

English

(wikipedia fund)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A sum or source of money.
    • the fund of a bank, commercial house, manufacturing corporation, etc.
    a fund for the maintenance of underprivileged students
  • An organization managing such money.
  • A money-management operation, such as a mutual fund.
    • Several major funds were declared insolvent recently.
  • A large supply of something to be drawn upon.
    • He drew on his immense fund of knowledge.
  • * Macaulay
    • an inexhaustible fund of stories

    Derived terms

    (derived terms) * balanced fund * bond fund * closed-end fund * equity fund * feeder fund * fund of funds * growth fund * hedge fund * income fund * index fund * load fund * master fund * mutual fund * open-end fund * no-load fund * pension fund * stock fund * trust fund

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To pay for.

    • donate

    English

    Verb

    (donat)
  • To make a donation; to give away something of value to support or contribute towards a cause or for the benefit of another.
    • She donates 100 dollars to Red Crescent every year.
    He donated an etching from his own collection to the new art gallery.

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