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Definition

1
Collaborate

Work together on a common enterprise or project or give help to an enemy

Examples

He collaborated with the Nazis when they occupied Paris

2
Cooperate

Work together with another person or company or to do what someone asks you to do

Examples

They cooperated with each other and the outcome was splendid

Live Twitter Feeds

What's the internet saying about collaborate/cooperate?
  • @DebbieMacAlpin: @PantsFree @tjic collectively run company, where people collaborate and cooperate for the needs of the company. Nobody is talking about a...

  • @nancesays: UNC, Orange county cooperate to use landfill gas for energy, reduce carbon footprint http://t.co/1PIWNmV6qK

  • @tomspiglanin: What are social objectives (in formal learning)? Collaborate. Cooperate. Engage before, during, and after. @dan_steer #ASTD2013 #TU306

  • @KHachira: @WingZero1994 www~ okay2 thot u might cooperate or collaborate with someone or anything~

  • @AndreaMay1: #SU103 #ASTD2013 social media? Facebook, twitter, storage and transmission channel. Collaborate and cooperate.

  • @daviidjohnsson: @hardarsson @Featcyo collaborate - join forces - cooperate ;)

  • @Mrsoclassroom: @cordym big shift. my kids use to cooperate to solve problems, sharing own ideas now they collaborate and discuss building on ideas#tllp2013

  • @RobleWawa: @MareejoXaamud "cooperate and collaborate" with Kenya on your terroitral

  • @PopUp_Events: @21Artists celebrate creative process, collaborate & explore ways how they can cooperate to revitalize empty spaces http://t.co/EwAKYCkahy

  • @LearnEnglish16: collaborate v. To labor or cooperate with another or others, especially in literary or scientific pursuits.

  • @DanielBurrus: RT @cdorobek: At @FOSE: Futurist @DanielBurrus: you cooperate because you have to; you collaborate because you want to #FOSE

  • @SoniaW: RT @cdorobek: At @FOSE: Futurist @DanielBurrus: you cooperate because you have to; you collaborate because you want to #FOSE

  • @cdorobek: At @FOSE: Futurist @DanielBurrus: you cooperate because you have to; you collaborate because you want to #FOSE

  • @NoFraudsPlease: RT @LexiScorsese: We aren't identical and neither of us is perfect, omniscient, or omnipotent so we better collaborate & cooperate to make a relationship work

  • @cantfakethefunk: RT @LexiScorsese: We aren't identical and neither of us is perfect, omniscient, or omnipotent so we better collaborate & cooperate to make a relationship work

  • @CarmenNikki: RT @LexiScorsese: We aren't identical and neither of us is perfect, omniscient, or omnipotent so we better collaborate & cooperate to make a relationship work

  • @thetrudz: RT @LexiScorsese: We aren't identical and neither of us is perfect, omniscient, or omnipotent so we better collaborate & cooperate to make a relationship work

  • @LexiScorsese: We aren't identical and neither of us is perfect, omniscient, or omnipotent so we better collaborate & cooperate to make a relationship work