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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 involves working together with others, just like team members collaborating on a project.
- Remember that corroborate means to provide confirmation or support, often used for giving evidence or proof in court.
- If you see collaborate, think cooperation with others, whereas corroborate relates to confirmation of facts.
- In collaborate, lab indicates working (like laboratory work), while corroborate has rob, which sounds like robe, something judges wear, hinting at legal support or evidence.
- When youre working in a group, youre collaborating; when youre verifying something, youre corroborating.
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