Worked vs Collaborate - What's the difference?
worked | collaborate |
(work)
Designed or executed in a particular manner or to a particular degree.
* 1811 , William Singers, "On the Varieties of Wheat, Barley, Oats, Peas, and Beans", Prize Essays and Transactions of the Highland Society of Scotland , page 73:
Wrought.
# Processed in a particular way; prepared via labour.
#* 1832 , James Justinian Morier, Zorhab the Hostage , page 39:
# Decorated or embellished; embroidered.
#* 1803 , William Alexander, The Costume of the Russian Empire , page 84:
Prepared so as to demonstrate the steps required.
* 1835 , R.H. Nicholls and Francis Walkingame, Taplin's Improved Edition of Walkingame's Tutor's Assistant , page 108:
To work together with others to achieve a common goal.
To voluntarily cooperate treasonably, as with an enemy occupation force in one's country.
As verbs the difference between worked and collaborate
is that worked is (work) while collaborate is to work together with others to achieve a common goal.As an adjective worked
is designed or executed in a particular manner or to a particular degree.worked
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(-)- A heavy rich loam'' is, perhaps, the best of any; but ''carse'' lands, and well worked and manured ''clay soils, are also very suitable.
- ...the light and elastic spear, made of the India bamboo, and tipped with the most perfectly worked steel, which he now held in his hand...
- ...and many of them, at least when young, wear only a worked piece of linen over their head.
- Place each error opposite its supposed number, as in the worked example.
References
*collaborate
English
Verb
(collaborat)- Let's collaborate on this dictionary, and get it finished faster.
- If you collaborate with the occupying forces, you will be shot.
