Comfort and Withhold

Comfort

Comfort verb - To ease the grief or distress of.

Withhold and comfort are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Withhold" instead a verb "Comfort".

Withhold

Withhold verb - To be unwilling to grant.

Comfort and withhold are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Comfort" instead a verb "Withhold".

Nearby Word: withholding

Common collocations

daughter comfort daughter withhold daughter

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Bram Stoker's Dracula Van Helsing withhold information from the heroes and committed some serious mistakes, he had good reason for it, since he wanted to be definitely sure of what he was dealing with, and had the decency to be apologetic and comfort Dracula's victims.
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