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Aid vs. Help

Aid and Help Definitions

Aid

To provide assistance, support, or relief to
Aided the researchers in their discovery.
Aided the prisoners' attempt to escape.

Help

To give assistance to (someone); make it easier for (someone) to do something; aid
She helped me with my project. I helped her find her book.

Aid

To provide assistance, support, or relief
Aided in the effort to improve services to the elderly.

Help

To give material or financial aid to
Help the homeless.

Aid

The act or result of helping; assistance
Gave aid to the enemy.

Help

To wait on, as in a store or restaurant
Please help the customer in aisle 20.
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Aid

Something that provides help, support, or relief, such as money or supplies
Sent medical aid to the region after the storm.

Help

To contribute to the effectiveness or improvement of (something); improve or advance
Tax breaks to help create jobs.
New ways to help the environment.
A remark that didn't help the situation.

Aid

Something, such as a device, that provides improvement
Visual aids such as slides.

Help

To ease the pain or discomfort of; relieve
Medication to help your cold.

Aid

An assistant or helper.

Help

To refrain from; avoid or resist. Used with can or cannot
Couldn't help laughing.
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Aid

An aide or aide-de-camp.

Help

To be of service; give assistance
I made a cake, and my friend helped.

Aid

A monetary payment to a feudal lord by a vassal in medieval England.

Help

To be of use or provide relief
He has a bad back, and physical therapy hasn't helped.

Aid

(uncountable) Help; assistance; succor, relief.
He came to my aid when I was foundering.

Help

The action of helping; assistance
Do you need help with that package?.
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Aid

(countable) A helper; an assistant.

Help

One that helps
You've been a great help. A food processor is a help to the serious cook.

Aid

(countable) Something which helps; a material source of help.
Slimming aids include dietary supplements and appetite suppressants.

Help

(Archaic) A person employed to help, especially a farm worker or domestic servant.

Aid

An historical subsidy granted to the crown by Parliament for an extraordinary purpose, such as a war effort.

Help

Such employees considered as a group. Often used with the.

Aid

An exchequer loan.

Help

(uncountable) Action given to provide assistance; aid.
I need some help with my homework.

Aid

A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his feudal lord on special occasions.

Help

Something or someone which provides assistance with a task.
He was a great help to me when I was moving house.
I've printed out a list of math helps.

Aid

(countable) an aide-de-camp

Help

Documentation provided with computer software, etc. and accessed using the computer.
I can't find anything in the help about rotating an image.

Aid

The rider's use of hands, legs, voice, etc. to control the horse.

Help

One or more people employed to help in the maintenance of a house or the operation of a farm or enterprise.
The help is coming round this morning to clean.
Most of the hired help is seasonal, for the harvest.

Aid

(transitive) To provide support to; to further the progress of; to help; to assist.

Help

(uncountable) Correction of deficits, as by psychological counseling or medication or social support or remedial training.
His suicide attempts were a cry for help.
He really needs help in handling customer complaints.
“He’s a real road-rager.” / “Yup, he really needs help, maybe anger management.”

Aid

(climbing) To climb with the use of aids such as pitons.

Help

(transitive) To provide assistance to (someone or something).
He helped his grandfather cook breakfast.

Aid

To support, either by furnishing strength or means in coöperation to effect a purpose, or to prevent or to remove evil; to help; to assist.
You speedy helpers . . . Appear and aid me in this enterprise.

Help

(transitive) To assist (a person) in getting something, especially food or drink at table; used with to.
It is polite to help your guests to food before serving yourself.
Help yourself to whatever's in the fridge.

Aid

Help; succor; assistance; relief.
An unconstitutional mode of obtaining aid.

Help

(transitive) To contribute in some way to.
The white paint on the walls helps make the room look brighter.
If you want to get a job, it helps to have some prior experience.

Aid

The person or thing that promotes or helps in something done; a helper; an assistant.
It is not good that man should be alone; let us make unto him an aid like unto himself.

Help

(intransitive) To provide assistance.
She was struggling with the groceries, so I offered to help.
Please, help!

Aid

A subsidy granted to the king by Parliament; also, an exchequer loan.

Help

(transitive) To avoid; to prevent; to refrain from; to restrain (oneself). Usually used in nonassertive contexts with can.
We couldn’t help noticing that you were late.
We couldn’t help but notice that you were late.
She’s trying not to smile, but she can’t help herself.
Can I help it if I'm so beautiful?
Can I help it that I fell in love with you?
Are they going to beat us?
Not if I can help it!
She never does more than she can help.

Aid

A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his lord on special occasions.

Help

A cry of distress or an urgent request for assistance

Aid

An aid-de-camp, so called by abbreviation; as, a general's aid.

Help

To furnish with strength or means for the successful performance of any action or the attainment of any object; to aid; to assist; as, to help a man in his work; to help one to remember; - the following infinitive is commonly used without to; as, "Help me scale yon balcony."

Aid

A resource;
Visual aids in teaching
Economic assistance to depressed areas

Help

To furnish with the means of deliverance from trouble; as, to help one in distress; to help one out of prison.

Aid

The activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose;
He gave me an assist with the housework
Could not walk without assistance
Rescue party went to their aid
Offered his help in unloading

Help

To furnish with relief, as in pain or disease; to be of avail against; - sometimes with of before a word designating the pain or disease, and sometimes having such a word for the direct object.
The true calamus helps coughs.

Aid

A gift of money to support a worthy person or cause

Help

To change for the better; to remedy.
Cease to lament for what thou canst not help.

Aid

The work of caring for or attending to someone or something;
No medical care was required
The old car needed constant attention

Help

To prevent; to hinder; as, the evil approaches, and who can help it?

Aid

Give help or assistance; be of service;
Everyone helped out during the earthquake
Can you help me carry this table?
She never helps around the house

Help

To forbear; to avoid.
I can not help remarking the resemblance betwixt him and our author.

Aid

Improve the condition of;
These pills will help the patient

Help

To wait upon, as the guests at table, by carving and passing food.
The god of learning and of lightWould want a god himself to help him out.

Help

To lend aid or assistance; to contribute strength or means; to avail or be of use; to assist.
A generous present helps to persuade, as well as an agreeable person.

Help

Strength or means furnished toward promoting an object, or deliverance from difficulty or distress; aid; ^; also, the person or thing furnishing the aid; as, he gave me a help of fifty dollars.
Give us help from trouble, for vain is the help of man.
God is . . . a very present help in trouble.
Virtue is a friend and a help to nature.

Help

Remedy; relief; as, there is no help for it.

Help

A helper; one hired to help another; also, thew hole force of hired helpers in any business.

Help

Specifically, a domestic servant, man or woman.

Help

The activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose;
He gave me an assist with the housework
Could not walk without assistance
Rescue party went to their aid
Offered his help in unloading

Help

A resource;
Visual aids in teaching
Economic assistance to depressed areas

Help

A means of serving;
Of no avail
There's no help for it

Help

A person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose;
My invaluable assistant
They hired additional help to finish the work

Help

Give help or assistance; be of service;
Everyone helped out during the earthquake
Can you help me carry this table?
She never helps around the house

Help

Be of use;
This will help to prevent accidents

Help

Improve the condition of;
These pills will help the patient

Help

Abstain from doing; always used with a negative;
I can't help myself--I have to smoke
She could not help watching the sad spectacle

Help

Contribute to the furtherance of;
This money will help the development of literacy in developing countries

Help

Improve; change for the better;
New slipcovers will help the old living room furniture

Help

Help to some food; help with food or drink;
I served him three times, and after that he helped himself

Help

Take or use;
She helped herself to some of the office supplies

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