Aid
Aid noun - A person who helps a more skilled person.
Bother
Bother noun - A state of noisy, confused activity.
How words are described
| specific | specific aid | specific bother |
| powerful | powerful aid | powerful bother |
| little | little aid | little bother |
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Urza magically creates a dragon to aid him in his experiments, but doesn't bother to give it a gender.
Source: Nonhumans Lack Attributes - The writers didn't even bother trying to justify why Merlin didn't just call the Great Dragon to his aid every time Morgana took over Camelot.
Source: Deus Exit Machina -
Then the Chief punched Regret to death, because Truth didn't bother sending reinforcements to aid his fellow Prophet.
Source: Franchise / Halo
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