Comfort and Like

Comfort

Comfort verb - To ease the grief or distress of.

Like and comfort are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Like" instead the word "Comfort" as a verb or a noun.

Like

Like verb - To wish to have.

Comfort and like are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Comfort" instead the word "Like" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: likely, likeness, liking, liked, likeable

How words are described

human human comfort human like
good good comfort good like
rare rare comfort rare like
total total comfort total like
Other adjectives: many, small, real, little, sexual, personal, new, minor, less, added, modern.

Common collocations

girl comfort girl like girl
man comfort man like man
woman comfort woman like woman
people comfort people like people
Other words: boy, children, someone, father.

Both words in one sentence

  • Spiritual Successor: Broster's later novel The Flight of the Heron is very much like The Wounded Name in that it contains similar themes of friendship, loyalty, hurt/comfort and deep affection between the two male main characters.
  • All Planets Are Earth-Like No planet is exactly like Earth in terms of comfort for humans, which is commented on by those who are lucky enough actually travel there.
  • Comfort Food Because corporations know a cash cow when they see it, there are entire restaurant chains devoted to serving you comfort food, like Bob Evans, Cracker Barrel, and Boston Market.
    Source: Comfort Food
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