Help vs Cheer - What's the difference?

Help is a related term of cheer.

As nouns the difference between help and cheer

is that help is (uncountable) action given to provide assistance; aid while cheer is land, country, state, territory, shore.

As a verb help

is to provide assistance to (someone or something).

help

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl), from (etyl) .

Noun

(en-noun)

(uncountable) Action given to provide assistance; aid.

I need some help with my homework.

(usually, uncountable) Something or someone which provides assistance with a task.

He was a great help to me when I was moving house.

I've printed out a list of math helps .

Documentation provided with computer software, etc. and accessed using the computer.

I can't find anything in the help about rotating an image.

(usually, uncountable) One or more people employed to help in the maintenance of a house or the operation of a farm or enterprise.

The help is coming round this morning to clean.

Most of the hired help is seasonal, for the harvest.

(uncountable, euphemistic) Correction of deficits, as by psychological counseling or medication or social support or remedial training.

His suicide attempts were a cry for help .

He really needs help in handling customer complaints.

''"He's a real road-rager." / "Yup, he really needs help , maybe anger management."

Usage notes

The sense "people employed to help in the maintenance of a house" is usually an uncountable mass noun. A countable form - "a hired help''", "''two hired helps " - is attested, but now less common.

Quotations

(English Citations of "help")

Synonyms

* (action given to provide assistance) aid, assistance * (person or persons who provide assistance) * (person employed to help in the maintenance of a house)

Derived terms

* cry for help * help desk * helpful * helpless * helpline * helply * helpmate * helpmeet * helpsome * home help * self-help

Etymology 2

From (etyl) helpen, from (etyl) . Cognate with (etyl) .

Verb

To provide assistance to (someone or something).

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=76, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Snakes and ladders , passage=Risk is everywhere.

To contribute in some way to.

To provide assistance.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=19 citation , passage=As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help , and he stripped off his tunic at once.}}

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=72-3, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= A punch in the gut , passage=Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.}}

To avoid; to prevent; to refrain from; to restrain (oneself). Usually used in nonassertive contexts with can .

Usage notes

* Use 3 is often used in the imperative mood as a call for assistance. * In uses 1, 2 and 3, this is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . It can also take the bare infinitive with no change in meaning. * In use 4, can't help is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) or, with but, the bare infinitive. * For more information, see

Synonyms

* (provide assistance to) aid, assist, come to the aid of, help out * (contribute in some way to) contribute to * (provide assistance) assist

Derived terms

* a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down * can't help * helper * helping * help oneself * help out

Statistics

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cheer

English

Noun

(obsolete) The face.

*:And soo on the morne they were alle accorded that they shold departe eueryche from other / And on the morne they departed with wepynge chere / and euery kny?t took the way that hym lyked best

*, I.50:

*:Heraclitus taking pitie and compassion of the very same condition of ours, was continually seene with a sad, mournfull, and heavie cheere , and with teares trickling downe his blubbered eyes.

(obsolete) One's expression or countenance.

*1596 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , V.7:

*:‘thorough evill rest of this last night, / Or ill apayd or much dismayd ye be; / That by your change of cheare is easie for to see.’

(archaic) One's attitude, mood.

*1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , (w) VI:

*:And anon he talked with them, and sayde unto them: be of good chere , it is I, be not afrayed.

*Holinshed

*:The parentsfled away with heavy cheer .

(uncountable) A cheerful attitude; gaiety; mirth.

*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

*:I have not that alacrity of spirit, / Nor cheer of mind, that I was wont to have.

That which promotes good spirits or cheerfulness; provisions prepared for a feast; entertainment.

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A cry expressing joy, approval or support such as "hurray".

* (1809-1892)

*:Welcome her, thundering cheer of the street.

A chant made in support of a team at a sports event.

Synonyms

* See also

Verb

To gladden; to make cheerful; often with up .

We were cheered by the offer of a cup of tea.

To infuse life, courage, animation, or hope, into; to inspirit; to solace or comfort.

* Dryden

The proud he tamed, the penitent he cheered .

(ambitransitive) To applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts.

The crowd cheered in support of the athletes.

The crowd cheered the athletes.

Derived terms

* cheerful * cheer on * cheers * cheer up * cheery * in good cheer * wotcher