Handle and Tend

Handle

Handle verb - To look after and make decisions about.

Usage example: she takes care of the flower beds, and he handles all the lawn care

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Synonyms for Handle

Antonyms for Handle

Tend and handle are semantically related in manage topic. In some cases you can use "Tend" instead a verb "Handle".

Nearby Words: hand, handled, handling, handler, handhold

Tend

Tend verb - To look after and make decisions about.

Usage example: the dying patriarch wondered who would tend the family business after he was gone

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Synonyms for Tend

Antonyms for Tend

Handle and tend are semantically related in care for topic. Sometimes you can use "Handle" instead a verb "Tend", if it concerns topics such as manage.

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Common collocations

power	handle power	tend power
life	handle life	tend life
work	handle work	tend work
people	handle people	tend people
Other words: amount, case, way, characters, game, magic, powers, weapons, guns.

Both words in one sentence

Humans who live outside its borders tend to be people like Reimu Hakurei or Marisa Kirisame, who have repeatedly proven that they can handle themselves.

Source: Fantastic Ghetto
Belters, especially those whose families left Earth several generations prior, tend to have long thin bones, unless they had hormone treatments like Miller, and can't handle Earth's gravity for long.

Source: Series / The Expanse
Few people are such jerks that they don't care about anyone, and cynical people tend to handle bad situations better, so having one as a friend can be useful when things go downhill.

Source: Jerk with a Heart of Gold