Ascribe vs. Attribute
Ascribeverb
(transitive) To attribute a cause or characteristic to someone or something.
Ascribeverb
(transitive) To attribute a book, painting or any work of art or literature to a writer or creator.
Ascribeverb
To believe in or agree with; subscribe.
Ascribeverb
To attribute, impute, or refer, as to a cause; as, his death was ascribed to a poison; to ascribe an effect to the right cause; to ascribe such a book to such an author.
Ascribeverb
To attribute, as a quality, or an appurtenance; to consider or allege to belong.
Ascribeverb
attribute or credit to;
Ascribeverb
regard something as being due to (a cause)
Ascribeverb
regard a text, quotation, or work of art as being produced by or belonging to (a particular person or period)
Ascribeverb
regard a quality as belonging to
Attributenoun
(grammar) A word that qualifies a noun, a qualifier.
Attributenoun
(logic) That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident.
Attributenoun
An option or setting belonging to some object.
Attributenoun
(programming) A semantic item with which a method or other code element may be decorated.
Attributenoun
in a Nutshell (page 536)
Attributenoun
A numeric value representing the colours of part of the screen display.
Attributeverb
To ascribe (something) to a given cause, reason etc.
Attributeverb
To associate ownership or authorship of (something) to someone.
Attributeverb
To ascribe; to consider (something) as due or appropriate (to); to refer, as an effect to a cause; to impute; to assign; to consider as belonging (to).
Attributenoun
That which is attributed; a quality which is considered as belonging to, or inherent in, a person or thing; an essential or necessary property or characteristic.
Attributenoun
Reputation.
Attributenoun
A conventional symbol of office, character, or identity, added to any particular figure; as, a club is the attribute of Hercules.
Attributenoun
Quality, etc., denoted by an attributive; an attributive adjunct or adjective.
Attributenoun
a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished;
Attributenoun
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity
Attributeverb
attribute or credit to;
