Contribute and Tend

Contribute

Contribute verb - To make a donation as part of a group effort.

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Tend and contribute are semantically related in be partly responsible for topic. In some cases you can use "Tend" instead a verb "Contribute".

Tend verb - To show a liking or proneness (for something).

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Contribute and tend are semantically related in be apt topic. Sometimes you can use "Contribute" instead a verb "Tend".

power	contribute power	tend power
work	contribute work	tend work
role	contribute role	tend role
thanks	contribute thanks	tend thanks
Other words: amount, plenty, bit, damage, nothing, points.

More generally, the sidekicks' powers tend to fall under this, with plenty of "heroes" who contribute little.

Source: What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?
Assistants in general tend to be seen as this, since they rarely contribute anything to the station and can be extremely detrimental to the crew at their worst.

Source: Video Game / Space Station 13
Similarly, genres such as show tunes, lounge music and bubblegum pop tend to be too lighthearted and commercial-sounding that the "catchy" bits suck out most (if not all) of the perceivable hardness (as well as the "substance" that can contribute greatly to a song's overall "feel").

Source: Mohs Scale of Rock and Metal Hardness

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