Care for
Care for verb - To attend to the needs and comforts of.
Usage example: he is caring for his mother while she's sick
Support
Support verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.
Usage example: sent reinforcements to support the troops deployed overseas
Care for is a synonym for support in provide for topic. Sometimes you can use "Care for" instead a verb "Support".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Not in This for Your Revolution: Elsa Schneider states explicitly that she does not actually support or care for the Nazis's ideals, but rather only allied with them just to locate the Grail.
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They have all the trappings of having a really screwed up life and some interesting personalities, but they actually support and care for each other better than most families.
Source: Series / Raising Hope - No matter what Shepard's done, such as bringing on the destruction of the quarian race or sabotaging the genophage cure, Garrus will still support and care for you.
Source: Understanding Boyfriend
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Support and Care for. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/care_for/support
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