different between fundraising vs webathon

English

Alternative forms

fund-raising

Etymology

fund +? raising

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?nd??e?z??/
• Hyphenation: fund?rais?ing

Noun

fundraising (countable and uncountable, plural fundraisings)

1. The process of collecting money by requesting donations from individuals and businesses.

Translations

Adjective

fundraising (not comparable)

1. (attributive) Relating to raising money (funds), particularly for charities.

See also

• fundraiser

References

• “fundraising”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

English

Etymology

Web +? -athon

Noun

webathon (plural webathons)

1. A fundraising event carried out by means of the World Wide Web.
   • 2003, Government Research Corporation, National Journal: Volume 35

     The fundraising Webathons — think Jerry Lewis online — popularized by Dean are becoming standard fare, as have^[sic] e-mail alerts.

   • 2006, Matthew Strebe, Michael Moncur, Charles Perkins, The Best of SlashNOT: 2002-2005 (page 280)

     Perhaps I should stage some sort of webathon or something.

   • 2009, "HK", It's important to keep her busy... (on newsgroup rec.boats)

     Even some of Palin's critics question the validity of some of the complaints, and her supporters have waged a weeklong Webathon to raise money for a legal defense fund set up for the governor, ringing up more than $109,000 by day seven, Sunday.

   • 2010, Priscilla Nelson, Ed Cohen, Riding the Tiger: Leading Through Learning in Turbulent Times (page 86)

     At the end of January, we ran a five-hour-plus webathon to raise funds for a local orphanage with which we were heavily involved. We had one camera going live and another crew picking up interviews at the back of the webcast area.