Bother
Care
Care noun - Strict attentiveness to what one is doing.
Usage example: reading the report with more care the second time, she detected several errors
Bother is a synonym for care in be concerned topic. Sometimes you can use "Bother" instead the word "Care" as a noun or a verb, if it concerns topics such as concern, worry.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good bother | good care |
| perfect | perfect bother | perfect care |
| large | large bother | large care |
| little | little bother | little care |
| Other adjectives: few, extra. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Save Our Students: But they just don't care or bother to be saved.
Source: Series / Boston Public -
Secondly their only living relative couldn't care less about them and doesn't bother to take care of them.
Source: Film / The Innocents -
Luckily you don't have to actually take care of said spaceships and they don't mind if you agree to help and don't bother jumping to their destination.
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