Help vs. Support
Helpnoun
(uncountable) Action given to provide assistance; aid.
Helpnoun
Something or someone which provides assistance with a task.
Helpnoun
Documentation provided with computer software, etc. and accessed using the computer.
Helpnoun
One or more people employed to help in the maintenance of a house or the operation of a farm or enterprise.
Helpnoun
(uncountable) Correction of deficits, as by psychological counseling or medication or social support or remedial training.
Helpverb
(transitive) To provide assistance to (someone or something).
Helpverb
(transitive) To assist (a person) in getting something, especially food or drink at table; used with to.
Helpverb
(transitive) To contribute in some way to.
Helpverb
(intransitive) To provide assistance.
Helpverb
(transitive) To avoid; to prevent; to refrain from; to restrain (oneself). Usually used in nonassertive contexts with can.
Helpinterjection
A cry of distress or an urgent request for assistance
Helpverb
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."
Helpverb
To furnish with the means of deliverance from trouble; as, to help one in distress; to help one out of prison.
Helpverb
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.
Helpverb
To change for the better; to remedy.
Helpverb
To prevent; to hinder; as, the evil approaches, and who can help it?
Helpverb
To forbear; to avoid.
Helpverb
To wait upon, as the guests at table, by carving and passing food.
Helpverb
To lend aid or assistance; to contribute strength or means; to avail or be of use; to assist.
Helpnoun
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.
Helpnoun
Remedy; relief; as, there is no help for it.
Helpnoun
A helper; one hired to help another; also, thew hole force of hired helpers in any business.
Helpnoun
Specifically, a domestic servant, man or woman.
Helpnoun
the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose;
Helpnoun
a resource;
Helpnoun
a means of serving;
Helpnoun
a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose;
Helpverb
give help or assistance; be of service;
Helpverb
be of use;
Helpverb
improve the condition of;
Helpverb
abstain from doing; always used with a negative;
Helpverb
contribute to the furtherance of;
Helpverb
improve; change for the better;
Helpverb
help to some food; help with food or drink;
Helpverb
take or use;
Helpverb
make it easier or possible for (someone) to do something by offering them one's services or resources
Helpverb
improve (a situation or problem); be of benefit to
Helpverb
assist (someone) to move
Helpverb
assist someone to put on or take off (a garment)
Helpverb
serve someone with (food or drink)
Helpverb
take something without permission
Helpverb
cannot or could not avoid
Helpverb
cannot or could not stop oneself from doing something
Helpnoun
the action of helping someone to do something
Helpnoun
the fact of being useful
Helpnoun
a person or thing that helps
Helpnoun
a domestic employee
Helpnoun
giving assistance to a computer user in the form of displayed instructions
Helpinterjection
used as an appeal for urgent assistance
Supportnoun
Something which supports. Often used attributively, as a complement or supplement to.
Supportnoun
Financial or other help.
Supportnoun
Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
Supportnoun
(mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure of that set.
Supportnoun
(fuzzy set theory) A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose grade of membership in that fuzzy set is strictly greater than zero).
Supportnoun
Evidence.
Supportnoun
(computing) Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.
Supportnoun
(gymnastics) support position
Supportnoun
(structural analysis) Horizontal, vertical oder rotational support of structures: movable, hinged, fixed ..
Supportverb
(transitive) To keep from falling.
Supportverb
(transitive) To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
Supportverb
(transitive) To back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid.
Supportverb
(transitive) To help, particularly financially.
Supportverb
To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.
Supportverb
(transitive) To serve, as in a customer-oriented mindset; to give support to.
Supportverb
(transitive) To be designed (said of machinery, electronics, or computers, or their parts, accessories, peripherals, or programming) to function compatibly with or provide the capacity for.
Supportverb
(transitive) To be accountable for, or involved with, but not responsible for.
Supportverb
(archaic) To endure without being overcome; bear; undergo; to tolerate.
Supportverb
To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.
Supportverb
To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar supports a structure; an abutment supports an arch; the trunk of a tree supports the branches.
Supportverb
To endure without being overcome, exhausted, or changed in character; to sustain; as, to support pain, distress, or misfortunes.
Supportverb
To keep from failing or sinking; to solace under affictive circumstances; to assist; to encourage; to defend; as, to support the courage or spirits.
Supportverb
To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain; as, to support the character of King Lear.
Supportverb
To furnish with the means of sustenance or livelihood; to maintain; to provide for; as, to support a family; to support the ministers of the gospel.
Supportverb
To carry on; to enable to continue; to maintain; as, to support a war or a contest; to support an argument or a debate.
Supportverb
To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain; as, the testimony is not sufficient to support the charges; the evidence will not support the statements or allegations.
Supportverb
To vindicate; to maintain; to defend successfully; as, to be able to support one's own cause.
Supportverb
To uphold by aid or countenance; to aid; to help; to back up; as, to support a friend or a party; to support the present administration.
Supportverb
A attend as an honorary assistant; as, a chairman supported by a vice chairman; O'Connell left the prison, supported by his two sons.
Supportnoun
The act, state, or operation of supporting, upholding, or sustaining.
Supportnoun
That which upholds, sustains, or keeps from falling, as a prop, a pillar, or a foundation of any kind.
Supportnoun
That which maintains or preserves from being overcome, falling, yielding, sinking, giving way, or the like; subsistence; maintenance; assistance; reënforcement; as, he gave his family a good support, the support of national credit; the assaulting column had the support of a battery.
Supportnoun
the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities;
Supportnoun
aiding the cause or policy or interests of;
Supportnoun
something providing immaterial support or assistance to a person or cause or interest;
Supportnoun
a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission;
Supportnoun
documentary validation;
Supportnoun
the financial means whereby one lives;
Supportnoun
supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation;
Supportnoun
the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening;
Supportnoun
a subordinate musical part; provides background for more important parts
Supportnoun
any device that bears the weight of another thing;
Supportnoun
financial resources provided to make some project possible;
Supportverb
give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to;
Supportverb
support materially or financially;
Supportverb
be behind; approve of;
Supportverb
be the physical support of; carry the weight of;
Supportverb
establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts;
Supportverb
adopt as a belief;
Supportverb
support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm;
Supportverb
argue or speak in defense of;
Supportverb
play a subordinate role to (another performer);
Supportverb
be a regular customer or client of;
Supportverb
put up with something or somebody unpleasant;
