cooperate vs participate

cooperate

verb
  • To work or act together, especially for a common purpose or benefit. 

  • To function in harmony, side by side 

  • To allow for mutual unobstructed action 

  • To engage in economic cooperation. 

participate

verb
  • To join in, to take part, to involve oneself (in something). 

How often have the words cooperate and participate occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )