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Abide vs. Aide — What's the Difference?

Abide vs. Aide — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Abide and Aide

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Abide

To put up with; tolerate
Can't abide such incompetence.

Aide

An assistant to an important person, especially a political leader
A presidential aide

Abide

To wait patiently for
"I will abide the coming of my lord" (Tennyson).

Aide

An assistant; a helper
A nurse's aide.

Abide

To remain in a place
"I'll call upon you straight. Abide within" (Shakespeare).
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Aide

An aide-de-camp.

Abide

To continue in existence; endure
"I have decided my life can't be about absence, what I don't have, what does not abide, and the rich grief it brings" (Amy Benson).

Aide

An assistant.

Abide

To dwell or reside.

Aide

(military) An officer who acts as assistant to a more senior one; an aide-de-camp.

Abide

(transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand.
The old oak tree abides the wind endlessly.

Aide

An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer

Abide

(transitive) To bear patiently.

Aide

Someone who acts as assistant

Abide

(transitive) To pay for; to stand the consequences of.

Abide

To wait in expectation.

Abide

To pause; to delay.

Abide

To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left.

Abide

To have one's abode.

Abide

To endure; to remain; to last.

Abide

To stand ready for; to await for someone; watch for.

Abide

To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under.

Abide

To await submissively; accept without question; submit to.

Abide

To wait; to pause; to delay.

Abide

To stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to dwell; to sojourn; - with with before a person, and commonly with at or in before a place.
Let the damsel abide with us a few days.

Abide

To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain.
Let every man abide in the same calling.
The poor fellow was obstinate enough to abide by what he said at first.

Abide

To wait for; to be prepared for; to await; to watch for; as, I abide my time.
Bonds and afflictions abide me.

Abide

To endure; to sustain; to submit to.
[Thou] shalt abide her judgment on it.

Abide

To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with.
She could not abide Master Shallow.

Abide

To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for.
Dearly I abide that boast so vain.

Abide

Dwell;
You can stay with me while you are in town
Stay a bit longer--the day is still young

Abide

Put up with something or somebody unpleasant;
I cannot bear his constant criticism
The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks
He learned to tolerate the heat
She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage

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