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Subsistence vs Contribution - What's the difference?

subsistence | contribution |

As nouns the difference between subsistence and contribution

is that subsistence is real being; existence while contribution is something given or offered that adds to a larger whole.

subsistence

English

(Webster 1913)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Real being; existence.
  • Inherency; as, the subsistence of qualities in bodies.
  • Means of support; provisions, or that which produces provisions; livelihood; That which furnishes support to animal life; as, a meager subsistence.
  • *
  • (theology) A person, specifically the person of Christ or of another part of the Trinity; hypostasis.
  • Synonyms

    * sustenance * (theology) hypostasis

    contribution

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something given or offered that adds to a larger whole.
  • An amount of money given toward something.
  • The act of contributing.