Aid
Aid verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.
Usage example: sought to aid her in her search for a dachshund puppy by looking online
Hurt
Hurt verb - To feel or cause physical pain.
How words are described
| better | better aid | better hurt |
| actual | actual aid | actual hurt |
| real | real aid | real hurt |
| massive | massive aid | massive hurt |
| Other adjectives: little. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- When Kara locked herself in a room to avoid the kid, the kid hurt herself and Kara's instincts as a human being overcame her hatred for the Cylons and she came to the kid's aid.
Source: Wouldn't Hurt a Child -
The fact that she only has one cultist to aid her (her would-be boyfriend) and is a teenager probably doesn't hurt, either.
Source: Uncanny Valley Girl - But when one of the children was hurt she surrendered peacefully to get her medical aid.
Source: Anti Villain / Comic Books
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