Contribution vs. Attribution

Contributionnoun

Something given or offered that adds to a larger whole.

Attributionnoun

The act of attributing something.

Contributionnoun

An amount of money given toward something.

Attributionnoun

An explicit or formal acknowledgment of ownership or authorship.

‘The attribution of the quote is widely regarded as dubious.’;

Contributionnoun

The act of contributing.

Attributionnoun

The act of attributing or ascribing, as a quality, character, or function, to a thing or person, an effect to a cause.

Contributionnoun

The taking part, often with the idea that it has led to (scientific etc.) progress.

Attributionnoun

That which is ascribed or attributed.

Contributionnoun

The act of contributing.

Attributionnoun

assigning some quality or character to a person or thing;

‘the attribution of language to birds’; ‘the ascription to me of honors I had not earned’;

Contributionnoun

That which is contributed; - either the portion which an individual furnishes to the common stock, or the whole which is formed by the gifts of individuals.

‘A certain contribution for the poor saints which are at jerusalem.’; ‘Aristotle's actual contributions to the physical sciences.’;

Attributionnoun

assigning to a cause or source;

‘the attribution of lighting to an expression of God's wrath’; ‘he questioned the attribution of the painting to Picasso’;

Contributionnoun

An irregular and arbitrary imposition or tax leved on the people of a town or country.

‘These sums, . . . and the forced contributions paid by luckless peasants, enabled him to keep his straggling troops together.’;

Contributionnoun

Payment, by each of several jointly liable, of a share in a loss suffered or an amount paid by one of their number for the common benefit.

Contributionnoun

any one of a number of individual efforts in a common endeavor;

‘I am proud of my contribution to the team's success’; ‘they all did their share of the work’;

Contributionnoun

a voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause

Contributionnoun

act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity

Contributionnoun

an amount of money contributed;

‘he expected his contribution to be repaid with interest’;

Contributionnoun

a writing for publication especially one of a collection of writings as an article or story