Helper vs Adjuvant - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between helper and adjuvant

is that helper is one who helps; an aide while adjuvant is someone who helps or facilitates; an assistant, a helper. {{defdt|from 16th c.}.

helping; helpful; assisting. {{defdt|from 16th c.}.

(en noun)

One who helps; an aide.

(Singapore) A person who does cleaning and cooking in a family, or in a market.

(wikipedia adjuvant)

(head)

Helping; helpful; assisting.

*2010 , (Siddhartha Mukherjee), The Emperor of all Maladies , Fourth Estate 2011, p. 219:

*:Adjuvant chemotherapy, Carbone conjectured, could be the surgeon's little helper.

* ancillary, complementary, contributory, extra, supporting

(en noun)

Someone who helps or facilitates; an assistant, a helper.

(medicine) Something that enhances the effectiveness of a medical treatment; a supplementary treatment.

(pharmacology) An additive (as in a drug) that aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient.

(immunology) A substance enhancing the immune response to an antigen.

* accessory, assistant, attendant, satellite, secondary, subordinate, subservient, subsidiary.

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