Contribute vs. Donate — What's the Difference?

To give or supply in common with others; give to a common fund or for a common purpose.

To present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute.

To submit for publication

(Medicine) To provide (blood, tissue, or an organ) for transfusion, implantation, or transplant.

To make a contribution

(Chemistry) To provide (an electron or atom, for example) for combination with an acceptor.

To help bring about a result; act as a factor

To make a contribution to a fund or cause.

To submit material for publication.

(ambitransitive) To make a donation; to give away something of value to support or contribute towards a cause or for the benefit of another.

(ambitransitive) To give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole.

To give; to bestow; to present; as, to donate fifty thousand dollars to a college.

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.

Give to a charity or good cause;

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.

To give or use one's power or influence for any object; to assist.

Bestow a quality on;

Contribute to some cause;

Be conducive to;

Provide;