Jun 16, 2013

Aid & Aide

Aid
The word aid means help or assistance. It is commonly seen as an adjective, a noun and a verb. (As a verb, it means to help or to assist.) 

Examples:

Be bold and mighty powers will come to your aid.

I have known sorrow and learned to aid the wretched. 


Aide


The noun aide means a helper or an assistant. An aide is a person.

Examples:

General McChrystal and his aides told the unvarnished truth.

The Libyan leader caused a scene at the African Heads of State Summit in Munyonyo when he slapped one of his aides for taking him to a wrong venue.

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