Cater vs. Care

Caterverb

To provide, particularly:

Carenoun

(obsolete) Grief, sorrow.

Caterverb

(ambitransitive) To provide with food, especially for a special occasion as a professional service.

‘I catered for her bat mitzvah.’; ‘His company catered our wedding.’;

Carenoun

Close attention; concern; responsibility.

‘Care should be taken when holding babies.’;

Caterverb

To provide anything required or desired, often (pejorative) to pander.

‘I always wanted someone to cater to my every whim.’;

Carenoun

Worry.

‘I don't have a care in the world.’;

Caterverb

To place, set, move, or cut diagonally or rhomboidally.

Carenoun

Maintenance, upkeep.

‘dental care’;

Caternoun

(obsolete) nodot=a: an officer who purchased cates (food supplies) for the steward of a large household or estate.

Carenoun

The treatment of those in need (especially as a profession).

Caternoun

(obsolete) nodot=a: any provider of food.

Carenoun

The state of being cared for by others.

‘in care’;

Caternoun

: any provider of anything.

Carenoun

The object of watchful attention or anxiety.

Caternoun

Four.

Careverb

To be concerned about, have an interest in.

‘I don't care what you think.’;

Caternoun

The four of cards or dice.

Careverb

(intransitive) To look after; used with for.

‘Young children can learn to care for a pet.’;

Caternoun

(music) A method of ringing nine bells in four pairs with a ninth tenor bell.

Careverb

(intransitive) To be mindful of something. en

Cateradverb

Diagonally.

Careverb

To want; to be inclined towards.

‘Would you care for another slice of cake?’; ‘Would you care to dance?’;

Caternoun

A provider; a purveyor; a caterer.

Carenoun

A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.

‘Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,And where care lodges, sleep will never lie.’;

Caternoun

The four of cards or dice.

Carenoun

Charge, oversight, or management, implying responsibility for safety and prosperity.

‘The care of all the churches.’; ‘Him thy care must be to find.’; ‘Perplexed with a thousand cares.’;

Caterverb

To provide food; to buy, procure, or prepare provisions.

‘[He] providently caters for the sparrow.’;

Carenoun

Attention or heed; caution; regard; heedfulness; watchfulness; as, take care; have a care.

‘I thank thee for thy care and honest pains.’;

Caterverb

By extension: To supply what is needed or desired, at theatrical or musical entertainments; - followed by for or to.

Carenoun

The object of watchful attention or anxiety.

‘Right sorrowfully mourning her bereaved cares.’;

Caterverb

To cut diagonally.

Careverb

To be anxious or solicitous; to be concerned; to have regard or interest; - sometimes followed by an objective of measure.

‘I would not care a pin, if the other three were in.’; ‘Master, carest thou not that we perish?’; ‘He cared not for the affection of the house.’;

Caterverb

provide what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance;

‘The hostess provided lunch for all the guests’;

Carenoun

the work of caring for or attending to someone or something;

‘no medical care was required’; ‘the old car needed constant attention’;

Caterverb

supply food ready to eat; for parties and banquets

Carenoun

judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger;

‘he exercised caution in opening the door’; ‘he handled the vase with care’;

Cater

The name 'Cater' was taken on by someone who worked as a caterer. The surname Cater was official name, , derived from the Old French ale catour, a little meaning a buyer of groceries for the gentleman's house.

‘the cater’;

Carenoun

an anxious feeling;

‘care had aged him’; ‘they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction’;

Carenoun

a cause for feeling concern;

‘his major care was the illness of his wife’;

Carenoun

attention and management implying responsibility for safety;

‘he is in the care of a bodyguard’;

Carenoun

activity involved in maintaining something in good working order;

‘he wrote the manual on car care’;

Careverb

feel concern or interest;

‘I really care about my work’; ‘I don't care’;

Careverb

provide care for;

‘The nurse was caring for the wounded’;

Careverb

prefer or wish to do something;

‘Do you care to try this dish?’; ‘Would you like to come along to the movies?’;

Careverb

be in charge of, act on, or dispose of;

‘I can deal with this crew of workers’; ‘This blender can't handle nuts’; ‘She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old’;

Careverb

be concerned with;

‘I worry about my grades’;