Benefit
Benefit verb - To provide with something useful or desirable.
Usage example: his summer internship benefited him in two ways: by giving him some tuition funds and by offering vital work experience
Improve is a synonym for benefit in help topic. In some cases you can use "Improve" instead a verb "Benefit", when it comes to topics like better.
Improve
Improve verb - To make better.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Benevolent Boss: Adam argues that being a good boss can actually improve productivity and benefit the economy itself.
Source: Series / Adam Ruins Everything -
None of her evil plans actually benefit her or improve her life in any way: they are entirely focused on the extermination of the people she hates.
Source: Chaotic Evil -
If one of your ships just happens to run across a Precursor artifact, that can radically improve that ship's power, especially if it's an artifact that that particular ship could really benefit from.
Source: Video Game / Star Control
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