Helper vs. Companion
Helper and Companion Definitions
Helper
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.
Companion
A person who accompanies or associates with another; a comrade.
Helper
To give material or financial aid to
Help the homeless.
Companion
A domestic partner.
Helper
To wait on, as in a store or restaurant
Please help the customer in aisle 20.
Companion
A person employed to assist, live with, or travel with another.
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Helper
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.
Companion
One of a pair or set of things; a mate.
Helper
To ease the pain or discomfort of; relieve
Medication to help your cold.
Companion
A companionway.
Helper
To refrain from; avoid or resist. Used with can or cannot
Couldn't help laughing.
Companion
To be a companion to; accompany.
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Helper
To be of service; give assistance
I made a cake, and my friend helped.
Companion
A friend, acquaintance, or partner; someone with whom one spends time or accompanies
His dog has been his trusted companion for the last five years.
Helper
To be of use or provide relief
He has a bad back, and physical therapy hasn't helped.
Companion
(dated) A person employed to accompany or travel with another.
Helper
The action of helping; assistance
Do you need help with that package?.
Companion
(nautical) The framework on the quarterdeck of a sailing ship through which daylight entered the cabins below.
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Helper
One that helps
You've been a great help. A food processor is a help to the serious cook.
Companion
(nautical) The covering of a hatchway on an upper deck which leads to the companionway; the stairs themselves.
Helper
(Archaic) A person employed to help, especially a farm worker or domestic servant.
Companion
(topology) A knot in whose neighborhood another, specified knot meets every meridian disk.
Helper
Such employees considered as a group. Often used with the.
Companion
(figuratively) A thing or phenomenon that is closely associated with another thing, phenomenon, or person.
Helper
One who helps; an aide; assistant; auxiliary.
Companion
(attributive) An appended source of media or information, designed to be used in conjunction with and to enhance the main material.
The companion guide gives an in-depth analysis of this particular translation.
Helper
That which helps; anything serving to assist.
Companion
(astronomy) A celestial object that is associated with another.
Helper
A person who does cleaning and cooking in a family home, or in a market; domestic employee.
Companion
A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders.
A companion of the Bath
Helper
A locomotive that assists a train, usually on steep gradients.
Companion
A fellow; a rogue.
Helper
One who, or that which, helps, aids, assists, or relieves; as, a lay helper in a parish.
Thou art the helper of the fatherless.
Compassion . . . oftentimes a helper of evils.
Companion
(obsolete) To be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany.
Helper
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
Companion
(obsolete) To qualify as a companion; to make equal.
Helper
A person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)
Companion
One who accompanies or is in company with another for a longer or shorter period, either from choice or casually; one who is much in the company of, or is associated with, another or others; an associate; a comrade; a consort; a partner.
The companions of his fall.
The companion of fools shall smart for it.
Here are your sons again; and I must loseTwo of the sweetest companions in the world.
A companion is one with whom we share our bread; a messmate.
Companion
A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders; as, a companion of the Bath.
Companion
A fellow; - in contempt.
Companion
A skylight on an upper deck with frames and sashes of various shapes, to admit light to a cabin or lower deck.
Companion
To be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany.
Companion
To qualify as a companion; to make equal.
Companion me with my mistress.
Companion
A person who is frequently in the company of another;
Drinking companions
Comrades in arms
Companion
A traveler who accompanies you
Companion
One paid to accompany or assist or live with another
Companion
Be a companion to somebody
