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Succor vs Sustenance - What's the difference?

succor | sustenance | Related terms |

As nouns the difference between succor and sustenance

is that succor is aid, assistance or relief given to one in distress; ministration while sustenance is something that provides support or nourishment.

As a verb succor

is to give such assistance.

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

    sustenance

    English

    Noun

  • Something that provides support or nourishment.
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    • , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=2 citation , passage=More than a mere source of Promethean sustenance to thwart the cold and cook one's meat, wood was quite simply mankind's first industrial and manufacturing fuel.}}

    Synonyms

    Related terms

    * subsistence * sustain