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
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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."
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Care for as a verb (transitive):
To like or appreciate; to consider to be appealing, tasteful, or suitable.
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Take care of as a verb (transitive):
To look after, to provide care for.
Examples:
"My elderly mother needs to be taken care of."
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Take care of as a verb (transitive):
To deal with, handle.
Examples:
"Can somebody take care of the customers while I clean this mess?"
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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."