contribute vs impart what difference

what is difference between contribute and impart

English

Etymology

From Latin contribūtus, perfect passive participle of contribuō (“I bring together; I unite”), from con- (“together”) +‎ tribuō (“I bestow”), from tribus (“tribe”), dative of trēs (“three”), from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kənˈt(ʃ)ɹɪb.juːt/, /ˈkɒnt(ʃ)ɹɪˌbjuːt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kənˈt(ʃ)ɹɪb.jut/
  • (when conjugated as contributing or contributed) IPA^(key): /kənˈt(ʃ)ɹɪ.b(j)ət/
• Hyphenation: con‧trib‧ute

Verb

contribute (third-person singular simple present contributes, present participle contributing, simple past and past participle contributed)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:contribute

Related terms

• contributable
• contribution
• contributive
• contributor
• contributory

Translations

Latin

Participle

contribūte

1. vocative masculine singular of contribūtus

English

Etymology

From Middle English imparten, borrowed from Middle French impartir, empartir, from Late Latin impartiō, impertiō, from im- (“in”) + Latin partiō (“divide”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpɑːt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpɑːɹt/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)t

Verb

impart (third-person singular simple present imparts, present participle imparting, simple past and past participle imparted)

1. (transitive) To give or bestow (e.g. a quality or property).

2. (transitive) To give a part or to share.

   Synonyms: bequeath, bestow, give; see also Thesaurus:give

   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book VIII, line 440

     Expressing well the spirit within thee [Adam] free, / My [God’s] image, not imparted to the brute.
3. (transitive) To make known; to show (by speech, writing etc.).

   Synonyms: disclose, tell; see also Thesaurus:announce, Thesaurus:inform

   • 1662, John Dryden, letter to Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon

     Well may he then to you his cares impart.
4. (intransitive) To hold a conference or consultation.
5. (transitive) To obtain a share of; to partake of.
   • c. 1587 Anthony Munday, John a Kent and John a Cumber

     Sweet Cossen, what we may not now impart, heere let vs bury it, closely in our hart

Translations

References

• impart at OneLook Dictionary Search
• impart in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Primat, arm pit, armpit

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