Withhold vs Contribute - What's the difference?
withhold | contribute |
To keep (a physical object that one has obtained) to oneself rather than giving it back to its owner.
To keep (information, etc) to oneself rather than revealing it.
To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition.
To give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole.
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As verbs the difference between withhold and contribute
is that withhold is to keep (a physical object that one has obtained) to oneself rather than giving it back to its owner while contribute is to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole.withhold
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* overwithhold * underwithholdcontribute
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(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.}}