Difference between Assist and Help

What is the difference between Assist and Help?

Assist as a verb is archaic to stand (at a place) or to (an opinion), to attend a theatrical performance. while Help as a verb is to provide assistance to (someone or something).

Assist

Part of speech: verb

Definition: Archaic To stand (at a place) or to (an opinion), to attend a theatrical performance. To help. To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a statistic used in different sports to quantify the act of helping another player score points or goals; in baseball, an assist is defensive, allowing a teammate to record a putout.

Example sentence: I go for all sharing the privileges of the government, who assist in bearing its burdens. Consequently, I go for admitting all whites to the right of suffrage, who pay taxes or bear arms (by no means excluding females).

Help

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Action given to provide assistance; aid.A person or persons who provide assistance with some task.A person employed to help in the maintenance of a house.

Part of speech: interjection

Definition: I/we desperately need assistance!

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To provide assistance to (someone or something).To contribute in some way to.To provide assistance.To avoid; to prevent; to refrain from; to restrain (oneself). Usually used in nonassertive contexts with can.

Example sentence: Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. We can choose to use this force constructively with words of encouragement, or destructively using words of despair. Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, to hurt, to harm, to humiliate and to humble.

We hope you now know whether to use Assist or Help in your sentence.

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