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Collaborate vs. Corroborate
Collaborate
/kəˈlæbəreɪt/Examples:
The mathematicians Richard Courant, Herman Weyl and John von Neumann collaborated.Our team will collaborate with the design department on this project.Authors from different countries collaborate on this anthology.
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Corroborate
/kəˈrɒbəreɪt/Examples:
The witness corroborated the suspect's whereabouts at the time.Further research is needed to corroborate these initial findings.Multiple sources were able to corroborate the journalist's report.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Collaborate means to work jointly on an activity or project, often involving two or more parties.
- Corroborate means to confirm or give support to a statement, theory, or finding.
- Remember that collaborate starts with col-, like collective, which involves a group effort.
- Corroborate starts with cor-, as in corroborate the truth, helping to confirm something.
- Collaborate has a b that could stand for bond or build, while corroborate has an r that could stand for reaffirm or reinforce.
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