Involved vs Contribute - What's the difference?
involved | contribute |
Complicated.
* 1915 ,
Associated with others, be a participant or make someone be a participant (in a crime, process, etc.)
Having an affair with someone.
(involve)
To give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole.
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As verbs the difference between involved and contribute
is that involved is (involve) while contribute is to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole.As an adjective involved
is complicated.involved
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He related an involved story about every ancestor since 1895.
- Miss Price told him a long, involved story, which made out that Mrs. Otter, a humdrum and respectable little person, had scabrous intrigues.
- He was involved in the project for three years.
- He got involved in a bar fight.
- When the family wrapped up my father's will, no one tried to make me feel involved .
Verb
(head)- The explanation involved potatoes, squirrels, and race cars.
contribute
English
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.}}