The difference between Relieve and Spell
When used as verbs, relieve means to ease (a person, person's thoughts etc.) from mental distress, whereas spell means to put under the influence of a spell.
Spell is also noun with the meaning: words or a formula supposed to have magical powers.
check bellow for the other definitions of Relieve and Spell
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Relieve as a verb:
To ease (a person, person's thoughts etc.) from mental distress; to stop (someone) feeling anxious or worried, to alleviate the distress of.
Examples:
"I was greatly relieved by the jury's verdict."
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Relieve as a verb:
To ease (someone, a part of the body etc.) or give relief from physical pain or discomfort.
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Relieve as a verb:
To alleviate (pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.).
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Relieve as a verb:
To provide comfort or assistance to (someone in need, especially in poverty).
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Relieve as a verb (obsolete):
To lift up; to raise again.
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Relieve as a verb (now, _, rare):
To raise (someone) out of danger or from (a specified difficulty etc.).
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Relieve as a verb (legal):
To free (someone) from debt or legal obligations; to give legal relief to.
Examples:
"This shall not relieve either Party of any obligations."
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Relieve as a verb:
To bring military help to (a besieged town); to lift the siege on.
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Relieve as a verb:
To release (someone) from or of a difficulty, unwanted task, responsibility etc.
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Relieve as a verb (military, job):
To free (someone) from their post, task etc. by taking their place.
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Relieve as a verb (now, _, rare):
To make (something) stand out; to make prominent, bring into relief.
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Relieve as a verb (reflexive):
To go to the toilet; to defecate or urinate.
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Spell as a noun:
Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers.
Examples:
"He cast a spell to cure warts."
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Spell as a noun:
A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula.
Examples:
"under a spell"
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Spell as a noun (obsolete):
Speech, discourse.
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Spell as a verb:
To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.
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Spell as a verb (obsolete):
To speak, to declaim.
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Spell as a verb (obsolete):
To tell; to relate; to teach.
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Spell as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To read (something) as though letter by letter; to peruse slowly or with effort.
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Spell as a verb (transitive, sometimes with “out”):
To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word.
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Spell as a verb (intransitive):
To be able to write or say the letters that form words.
Examples:
"I find it difficult to spell because I'm dyslexic."
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Spell as a verb (transitive):
Of letters: to compose (a word).
Examples:
"The letters “a”, “n” and “d” spell “and”."
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Spell as a verb (transitive, figuratively):
To indicate that (some event) will occur.
Examples:
"This spells trouble."
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Spell as a verb (transitive, figuratively, with “out”):
To clarify; to explain in detail.
Examples:
"Please spell it out for me."
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Spell as a verb:
To constitute; to measure.
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Spell as a verb (transitive):
To work in place of (someone).
Examples:
"to spell the helmsman"
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Spell as a verb (transitive):
To rest (someone or something), to give someone or something a rest or break.
Examples:
"They spelled the horses and rested in the shade of some trees near a brook."
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Spell as a verb (intransitive, colloquial):
To rest from work for a time.
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Spell as a noun (rare):
A (of work); a set of workers responsible for a specific turn of labour.
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Spell as a noun (informal):
A definite (of work or other activity).
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Spell as a noun (colloquial):
An indefinite period of time (usually with a qualifier); a relatively short distance.
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Spell as a noun:
A period of rest; time off.
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Spell as a noun (colloquial, US):
A period of illness, or sudden interval of bad spirits, disease etc.
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Spell as a noun (cricket):
An uninterrupted series of alternate overs bowled by a single bowler.
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Spell as a noun (dialectal):
A splinter, usually of wood; a spelk.
Examples:
"rfquotek Holland"
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Spell as a noun:
The wooden bat in the game of trap ball, or knurr and spell.