Participate vs. Collaborate
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Difference Between Participate and Collaborate
Participateverb
(intransitive) To join in, to take part, to involve oneself (in something).
Collaborateverb
To work together with others to achieve a common goal.
Let's collaborate on this dictionary, and get it finished faster.Participateverb
To share, share in (something).
Collaborateverb
To voluntarily cooperate treasonably, as with an enemy occupation force in one's country.
If you collaborate with the occupying forces, you will be shot.Participateverb
(obsolete) To share (something) with others; to transfer (something) to or unto others.
Collaborateverb
work together on a common enterprise of project;
The soprano and the pianist did not get together very wellWe joined forces with another research groupADVERTISEMENT
Participateadjective
(obsolete) Acting in common; participating.
Collaborateverb
cooperate as a traitor;
he collaborated with the Nazis when they occupied ParisParticipateverb
share in something
Participateverb
become a participant; be involved in;
enter a raceenter an agreemententer a drug treatment programenter negotiations
