Attribute vs. Tribute — What's the Difference?

To regard as arising from a particular cause or source; ascribe

A tribute () (from Latin tributum, contribution) is wealth, often in kind, that a party gives to another as a sign of respect or, as was often the case in historical contexts, of submission or allegiance. Various ancient states exacted tribute from the rulers of land which the state conquered or otherwise threatened to conquer.

To regard (a work, for example) as belonging to or produced by a specified agent, place, or time

An act, statement, or gift that is intended to show gratitude, respect, or admiration

A quality or characteristic inherent in or ascribed to someone or something.

Payment made periodically by one state or ruler to another, especially as a sign of dependence

An object associated with and serving to identify a character, personage, or office

A proportion of ore or its equivalent, paid to a miner for his work, or to the owner or lessor of a mine.

(Grammar) A word or phrase syntactically subordinate to another word or phrase that it modifies; for example, my sister's and brown in my sister's brown dog.

A gift, payment, declaration, or other acknowledgment of gratitude, respect, or admiration

A characteristic or quality of a thing.

Evidence attesting to some praiseworthy quality or characteristic

An object that is considered typical of someone or some function, in particular as an artistic convention.

A payment in money or other valuables made by one ruler or nation to another in acknowledgment of submission or as the price of protection or security.

(grammar) A word that qualifies a noun.

A tax imposed for such payment.

(logic) That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident.

Any payment exacted for protection.

An option or setting belonging to some object.

A payment or tax given by a feudal vassal to an overlord.

(programming) A semantic item with which a method or other code element may be decorated.

The obligation to make such a payment.

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An acknowledgment of gratitude, respect or admiration; an accompanying gift.

A numeric value representing the colours of part of the screen display.

An homage made in a body of work to another work or creator.

To ascribe (something) to a given cause, reason etc.

A payment made by one nation to another in submission.

To associate ownership or authorship of (something) to someone.

Extortion; protection money.

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).

A payment made by a feudal vassal to his lord.

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.

(mining) A certain proportion of the mined ore, or of its value, given to the miner as payment.

Reputation.

(transitive) To pay as tribute.

A conventional symbol of office, character, or identity, added to any particular figure; as, a club is the attribute of Hercules.

An annual or stated sum of money or other valuable thing, paid by one ruler or nation to another, either as an acknowledgment of submission, or as the price of peace and protection, or by virtue of some treaty; as, the Romans made their conquered countries pay tribute.

Quality, etc., denoted by an attributive; an attributive adjunct or adjective.

A personal contribution, as of money, praise, service, etc., made in token of services rendered, or as that which is due or deserved; as, a tribute of affection.

A construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished;

A certain proportion of the ore raised, or of its value, given to the miner as his recompense.

An abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity

To pay as tribute.

Attribute or credit to;

Something given or done as an expression of esteem

Decide as to where something belongs in a scheme;

Payment by one nation for protection by another

Payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence;