Cooperation vs. Teamwork — What's the Difference?

Cooperation (written as co-operation in British English) is the process of groups of organisms working or acting together for common, mutual, or some underlying benefit, as opposed to working in competition for selfish benefit. Many animal and plant species cooperate both with other members of their own species and with members of other species (symbiosis or mutualism).

Teamwork is the collaborative effort of a group to achieve a common goal or to complete a task in the most effective and efficient way. This concept is seen within the greater framework of a team, which is a group of interdependent individuals who work together towards a common goal.

The act or practice of cooperating.

Cooperative effort by the members of a group or team to achieve a common goal.

The association of persons or businesses for common, usually economic, benefit.

The cooperative effort of a team of people to achieve a common goal.

The act of cooperating.

Work done by a team, as distinguished from that done by personal labor.

Active help from a person, organization, etc., such as an orderly sharing of space or resources.

Work done by a number of associates, usually each doing a clearly defined portion, but all subordinating personal prominence to the efficiency of the whole; as, the teamwork of a football eleven or a gun crew.

Association for mutual benefit, such as for purposes of production or purchase.

Cooperative work done by a team

The act of coöperating, or of operating together to one end; joint operation; concurrent effort or labor.

The association of a number of persons for their benefit.

Joint operation or action;

The practice of cooperating;