Contribute vs Participate - What's the difference?
contribute | participate |
To give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole.
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, title= To join in, to take part, to involve oneself ((in) something).
(obsolete) To share, share in (something).
* 1638 , , Some Yeares Travels , I:
(obsolete) To share (something) (with) others; to transfer (something) (to) or (unto) others.
* 1662 , Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief Systems of the World , II:
(obsolete) Acting in common; participating.
* 1608 , , I. i. 101:
As verbs the difference between contribute and participate
is that contribute is to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole while participate is to join in, to take part, to involve oneself ({{term|in}} something).As an adjective participate is
acting in common; participating.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.}}
Synonyms
* add * assist * bestow * bring * chip in * impart * kick in * lend * provide * put upparticipate
English
Verb
(participat)- they seldome feed together, lest they might participate one anothers impurity: each has his owne cup [...].
- Make the Earth [...] turn round its own axis in twenty four hours, and towards the same point with all the other Spheres; and without participating this same motion to any other Planet or Star.
Adjective
(-)- And, mutually participate , did minister / Unto the appetite and affection common / Of the whole body.