Cooperative & collaborative

Dear English Experts

1. Could you teach me how to distinguish between Cooperative & collaborative? And how do I use them?
2. I sometimes see the sentence "He is very cooperated." Is that correct? or Should it be "He is very cooperative."

Thank you

pop00123

1.
Cooperate = co+operate =operate together
It means "working on something already made together".
For example : a complicated machine or a big event
You have your part,  they have their part, together you can do something bigger.

Collaborate means we share the same goal and try to make something new happen.
For example : writing a song, making a record album or designing a new machine
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pop00123 發表於 2017-9-12 08:17 PM

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1.
Cooperate = co+operate =operate together
It means "working on something already made together".

Understand. Very clear. Thank you. Now I know why Hollywood actors always use "collaborative" to comment another actor instead of using "cooperative". ...

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vegasoul

這細微的差異，用中文來解釋比較有效。

Cooperate有「配合」的意思。如你要加班，配偶即使不能在工作上幫助你，但能做家事等等，配合你的工作，令你能專注工作。這就是cooperate.

Collaborate則是合作的意思。例如一篇論文是兩個人合作寫成的，即可用collaborate.

Cooperate的形容詞是cooperative，所以應該用cooperative。

vegasoul 發表於 2017-9-30 05:25 PM

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這細微的差異，用中文來解釋比較有效。

Cooperate有「配合」的意思。如你要加班，配偶即使不能在工作上幫 ...

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victorchen12

The above explanation  let me understood the "cooperate" & " collaborate".
Thank you very much.

miru0909

Cooperative means he or she is working with you
Collaborative means a group of people working together

It should be "He is very cooperative."

From the above explanation, if i made a sentence like "I don't want you only be cooperative. I actually expect you could be more collaborative." Does this sentence make any sense to you?

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rayyeh 發表於 2018-7-14 09:16 AM

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From the above explanation, if i made a sentence like "I don't want you only be cooperative. I actua ...

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Sorry, my original sentence was to skip "that". In a completed sentence is "I don't want you only to be cooperative. I actually expect that you could be more collaborative." Is it a right sentence? or I should still "to be" in the sentence? Thank you for your advice.

pop00123

rayyeh 發表於 2018-7-19 07:55 PM

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Sorry, my original sentence was to skip "that". In a completed sentence is "I don't want you only to ...

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Cool. Now I understand perfectly. Thank you so much for sharing.