Care_for vs Appreciate - What's the difference?
care_for | appreciate | Related terms |
To attend to the needs of, especially in the manner of a nurse or personal aide.
To like or appreciate; to consider to be appealing, tasteful, or suitable.
* 1719 , , "To Dr. Sheridan" (14 Dec.), in The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Vol. 2 (ed. W. E. Browning):
* 1919 , , Night and Day , ch. 5:
* 2006 , Unmesh Kher, "
to be grateful or thankful for.
to view as valuable.
to be fully conscious of; be aware of; detect.
* Lubbock
to increase in value.
* Ramsay
Care_for is a related term of appreciate.
In lang=en terms the difference between care_for and appreciate
is that care_for is to like or appreciate; to consider to be appealing, tasteful, or suitable while appreciate is to increase in value.As verbs the difference between care_for and appreciate
is that care_for is to attend to the needs of, especially in the manner of a nurse or personal aide while appreciate is to be grateful or thankful for.care_for
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Verb
- I cared for my ailing mother for five years.
- Mrs. Dingley and Mrs. Johnson say, truly they don't care for your wife's company, though they like your wine.
- "Do you really care for this kind of thing?" he asked at length.
Whale On the Plate," Time , 17 April:
- Still, while most Japanese may not care for the meat, many object to calls to stop whaling.
Synonyms
* (to like or appreciate) think much of * (to see to) beseeUsage notes
* In the sense of like or appreciate'', often used in negative constructions, as in: ''I do not care for chocolate.References
*Anagrams
* English phrasal verbsappreciate
English
Alternative forms
* (archaic)Verb
(appreciat)- I appreciate your efforts
- You must learn to appreciate time
- To test the power of bees to appreciate color.
- to test the power of bees to appreciate colour
- The value of his portfolio appreciated by 80% over eight years.
- lest a sudden peace should appreciate the money
