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: Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.
Avail
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To turn to the advantage of; to be of service to.To promote; to assist.To be of use or advantage; to answer or serve the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object.To provide.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Benefit; value, profit; advantage toward success.Effect in achieving a goal or aim; purpose, use (now usually in negative constructions).Proceeds; profits from business transactions.Effort; striving.An unsold, available advertising slot or package.A timeslot set aside for an advertisement.A press avail.Non-binding notice of availability for work.A readily available stock of oil.
Example sentence: Throughout my childhood, I watched my parents try to become legal but to no avail. They lost their money to people they believed to be attorneys but who ultimately never helped. That meant my childhood was haunted by the fear that they would be deported.