The difference between Care for and Take care of

When used as verbs, care for means to attend to the needs of, especially in the manner of a nurse or personal aide, whereas take care of means to look after, to provide care for.


check bellow for the other definitions of Care for and Take care of

  1. Care for as a verb (transitive):

    To attend to the needs of, especially in the manner of a nurse or personal aide.

    Examples:

    "I cared for my ailing mother for five years."

  2. Care for as a verb (transitive):

    To like or appreciate; to consider to be appealing, tasteful, or suitable.

  1. Take care of as a verb (transitive):

    To look after, to provide care for.

    Examples:

    "My elderly mother needs to be taken care of."

  2. Take care of as a verb (transitive):

    To deal with, handle.

    Examples:

    "Can somebody take care of the customers while I clean this mess?"

  3. Take care of as a verb (transitive, slang, euphemistic):

    To kill.

    Examples:

    "In the motion picture ''The Godfather'' gangster Virgil Sollozzo took care of Luca Brasi by having him strangled."