Heal
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To make better; to revive, recover, or cure. To become better.
Example sentence: The love of the family, the love of one person can heal. It heals the scars left by a larger society. A massive, powerful society.
Mend
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A place, as in clothing, which has been repaired by mending.The act of mending.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put in shape or order again; to re-create; as, to mend a garment or a machine.To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.To help, to advance, to further; to add to.To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved.
Example sentence: I did basic embroidery and can probably mend a sock.