Support and Tend

Support

Support verb - To promote the interests or cause of.

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Tend and support are semantically related in nurture topic. In some cases you can use "Tend" instead a verb "Support".

Tend verb - To show a liking or proneness (for something).

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Support and tend are semantically related in nurture topic. Sometimes you can use "Support" instead a verb "Tend".

life	support life	tend life
work	support work	tend work
people	support people	tend people
role	support role	tend role
Other words: case, game, attacks, members.

Similarly, American vehicles tend to lack the armour and raw firepower of the Germans, but tend to be faster and capable of various support tasks.

Source: A Commander Is You
Almost all Kamen Riders are male, while the female characters tend to be either battle support or emotional support to the male heroes.

Source: Sliding Scale of Gender Inequality
Many webcomic artists and indie game developers tend to be this (or support their job with a steady job like retail).

Source: Starving Artist

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