different between cooperator vs cooperation

English

Alternative forms

• co-operator
• coöperator

Etymology

co- +? operator

Noun

cooperator (plural cooperators)

1. One who cooperates; an associate.

References

• "cooperator" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

Latin

Etymology

From cooperor +? -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ko.o.pe?ra?.tor/, [ko?p???ä?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ko.o.pe?ra.tor/, [k??p?????t??r]

Noun

cooper?tor m (genitive cooper?t?ris); third declension

1. joint-labourer, coworker

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

References

• cooperator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cooperator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

English

Alternative forms

• co-operation
• coöperation

Etymology

1620–30, from French cooperation, from Late Latin cooper?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko???p???e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

cooperation (countable and uncountable, plural cooperations)

1. (usually uncountable) The act of cooperating.
2. Active help from a person, organization, etc., such as an orderly sharing of space or resources.
   • 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     South Korea is seeking cooperation from China to produce artificial rain to help fight increasing pollution.

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

Antonyms

• competition

Related terms

• cooperative

Translations

References

• cooperation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “cooperation”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN
• “cooperation” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "cooperation" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

French

Noun

cooperation f (plural cooperations)

1. Obsolete form of coopération.

Middle French

Noun

cooperation f (plural cooperations)

1. cooperation
   • 1488, La Mer des Histoires

     Dieu au commencement avoit fait l'omme, c'est assavoir Adam sans cooperation de homme et de femme

     At the beginning, God had made man, that is to say Adam without the cooperation between man and woman

References

• “coopération” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).