{"id":159,"date":"2014-05-16T12:53:59","date_gmt":"2014-05-16T02:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carmelsealey.com\/?p=159"},"modified":"2017-03-04T13:15:15","modified_gmt":"2017-03-04T02:15:15","slug":"the-difference-between-aide-and-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/carmelsealey.com\/journal\/notes\/the-difference-between-aide-and-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"The difference between aide and aid"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>\n  <strong>TLDR:<\/strong> Only use <em>aide<\/em> if you&#8217;re talking about an assistant.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Yes, there is a difference! <em>Aide<\/em> is not just a dressed up or pompous version of <em>aid<\/em>, believe it or not!<\/p>\n<p>aide (noun)\u2014an assistant to a rather important individual<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  <em>The President gestured to his aide who hurried forward with his documents.<\/em>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>aid (noun)\u2014help or assistance<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  <em>The ambulance officers hurried to the aid of the injured woman.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>  <em>The old man hobbled with the aid of a walking stick.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>  <em>Prime Minister Smith announced they would be sending medical aid to the victims of the tsunami.<\/em>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>aid (verb)\u2014to help or assist someone in an endeavour<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  <em>The travellers were aided on their journey by pack horses.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>  <em>A positive outlook aids positive results.<\/em>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>first aid (noun)\u2014initial medical assistance before more advanced treatment arrives<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  <em>First aid was administered at the scene of the accident by a bystander before the ambulance arrived.<\/em>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not important enough to need one and not sore enough to need the other.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/carmelsealey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/carmelsealey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/carmelsealey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/carmelsealey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/carmelsealey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/carmelsealey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":512,"href":"http:\/\/carmelsealey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159\/revisions\/512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/carmelsealey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/carmelsealey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/carmelsealey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}