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Oblige vs Succor - What's the difference?

oblige | succor |

As verbs the difference between oblige and succor

is that oblige is while succor is to give such assistance.

As a noun succor is

aid, assistance or relief given to one in distress; ministration.

oblige

English

Verb

(oblig)
  • To constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means.
    • I am obliged to report to the police station every week.
    {{quote-Fanny Hill, part=3 , Tho' he was some time awake before me, yet did he not offer to disturb a repose he had given me so much occasion for; but on my first stirring, which was not till past ten o'clock, I was oblig'd to endure one more trial of his manhood.}}
  • To do someone a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation).
    • He obliged me by not parking his car in the drive.
  • *
  • To be indebted to someone.
    • I am obliged to you for your recent help.
  • To do a service or favour.
    • The singer obliged with another song.

    Derived terms

    * disoblige

    Usage notes

    "Obliged" has largely replaced "obligate"; the latter being more common in the the 17th through 19th centuries.The New Fowler’s Modern English Usage (1996)

    Related terms

    * much obliged * noblesse oblige * obligate * obligation * obligatory * obligee * obligor

    Anagrams

    *

    References

    English control verbs English intransitive verbs English transitive verbs ----

    succor

    English

    Alternative forms

    * succour

    Noun

    (-)
  • Aid, assistance or relief given to one in distress; ministration.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To give such assistance.

    • Synonyms

    * (to give assistance) help, aid, assist, support, sustain, relieve

    Antonyms

    * (to give assistance) hurt, damage

    Derived terms

    * succorer

    Anagrams

    * English transitive verbs