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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.
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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

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