Care for

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Personal Care

Used when personally providing assistance or support to someone in need.

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Volunteers needed to care for the homeless during the winter.

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Ongoing Responsibility

Implies a continuous or regular duty, often long-term, to watch over someone or something.

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Nurses care for patients throughout their recovery.

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Not Occasional Help

'Care for' suggests a deeper commitment than simply helping someone occasionally.

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Since their parents' departure, she had to care for her siblings full-time.

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