cooperate

> collaborate and cooperate
collaborate and cooperate are not interchangeable in all contexts. They both mean "to work together for a common purpose", as in "The two scientists are collaborating/cooperating on cancer research" and "The rival building firms are collaborating/cooperating on the new shopping complex". When the work concerned is of an artistic or creative nature collaborate is the more commonly used word, as in "The two directors are collaborating on the film" and "The composers collaborated on the theme music". Collaborate also has the meaning of "to work with an enemy, especially an enemy that is occupying one's country", as in "a Frenchman who collaborated with the Germans when they installed a German government in France".