Wait_on vs Succor - What's the difference?

Wait_on is a related term of succor.

is that wait_on is (colloquial) to wait for an event while succor is to give such assistance.

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

(colloquial) To wait for an event.

I'm waiting on the light to change.

To wait for a person to do something.

I'm waiting on you before we can leave.

To serve someone.

Is someone waiting on you yet?

* Shakespeare

I must wait on myself, must I?

To attend; to go to see; to visit on business or for ceremony.

To follow, as a consequence; to await.

* Dr. H. More

that ruin that waits on such a supine temper

To attend to; to perform.

* Bible, Numbers iii. 10

Aaron and his sons shall wait on their priest's office.

To fly above its master, waiting till game is sprung; said of a hawk.

The airplane had to wait on the runway for a few minutes before it could take off.

* succour

(-)

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

(en verb)

To give such assistance.

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

* (to give assistance) hurt, damage

* succorer