Serve and Treat

Serve

Serve verb - To behave toward in a stated way.
Usage example: my parents served me well in preparing me for life

Treat is a synonym for serve in trade topic. In some cases you can use "Treat" instead a verb "Serve".

Nearby Words: service, served, serving

Treat

Treat verb - To behave toward in a stated way.
Usage example: she tries to treat all of her students fairly and equally, regardless of her personal feelings toward them

Serve is a synonym for treat in act topic. Sometimes you can use "Serve" instead a verb "Treat", if it concerns topics such as trade, behave towards.

Nearby Words: treatment, treated, treating, treatable

Common collocations

humanity serve humanity treat humanity
life serve life treat life
people serve people treat people
lady serve lady treat lady
Other words: men, family, way, water, anyone, humans.

Both words in one sentence

  • He is not Chosen, because he doesn't have the mental capacity to serve as a Herald, but the Companions like him and generally treat him as a Herald in every other way.
  • After such visions, the boy would always treat his vision animal with great respect and it is believed that his animal could communicate with him and serve as his adviser.
  • Not because that they don't trust them, but because they really don't respect normal humans, and they treat the ones that serve them little better.
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