Contribute vs. Attribute
Contributeverb
(ambitransitive) To give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole.
Contributeverb
To give or grant i common with others; to give to a common stock or for a common purpose; to furnish or suply in part; to give (money or other aid) for a specified object; as, to contribute food or fuel for the poor.
Contributeverb
To give a part to a common stock; to lend assistance or aid, or give something, to a common purpose; to have a share in any act or effect.
Contributeverb
To give or use one's power or influence for any object; to assist.
Contributeverb
bestow a quality on;
Contributeverb
contribute to some cause;
Contributeverb
be conducive to;
Contributeverb
provide;
Attributenoun
A characteristic or quality of a thing.
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
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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;
Attributeverb
decide as to where something belongs in a scheme;
