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help vs provide

provide vs help

help is a noun but provide is not a noun.

help and provide both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
help Yes No Yes No
provide No No Yes No
As verbs, provide is a hypernym of help; that is, provide is a word with a broader meaning than help:
  • help: help to some food; help with food or drink
  • provide: give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
Other hypernyms of help include cater, ply, supply.
help (noun) provide (noun)
the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do
a means of serving
a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
help (verb) provide (verb)
improve the condition of take measures in preparation for
improve; change for the better determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation
help to some food; help with food or drink give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
take or use give something useful or necessary to
give help or assistance; be of service supply means of subsistence; earn a living
contribute to the furtherance of mount or put up
be of use make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
abstain from doing; always used with a negative
Difference between help and provide

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