Assist
Assist verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.
Usage example: you can assist families in need by donating old clothes in good condition
Back is a synonym for assist in help topic. In some cases you can use "Back" instead a verb "Assist", when it comes to topics like action, succour, deed, finance.
Back
Back verb - To promote the interests or cause of.
Usage example: she enthusiastically backed the plan to renovate and upgrade the school's facilities
Assist is a synonym for back in support topic. You can use "Assist" instead a verb "Back", if it concerns topics such as aid, assistance, deed, finance.
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Both words in one sentence
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Aramaki feels guilty about knocking Orihime out when she tries to bite him in order to go back and assist Uryu.
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At the end of episode nine, the behavior and weaknesses of the Heterodyne have been figured out, and one gets one-shotted for the first time in a repeatable fashion... only for Shirota to stab the team in the back and assist in the military's attempt to hijack the operation.
Source: Anime / Dai-Guard -
During the back-to-back fights against Pete in Olympus Coliseum, several species of Heartless will occasionally spawn to assist him.
Source: Video Game / Kingdom Hearts II
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