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Care for them vs Care about them

Both 'care for them' and 'care about them' are correct phrases, but they are used in different contexts. 'Care for them' implies taking care of someone's needs or well-being, while 'care about them' implies having concern or interest in someone's well-being or feelings.

Last updated: April 01, 2024 • 865 views

Care for them

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to express taking care of someone's needs or well-being.

This phrase is used when talking about providing physical or emotional care for someone. It implies looking after their well-being or taking responsibility for their needs.

Examples:

I will always care for my children, no matter what.
She cared for her sick grandmother for many years.
He cares for his employees and always makes sure they are happy.
It's important to care for the elderly in our community.
She cares for her plants by watering them regularly.

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What will be the fate of our family pets once there are no humans left to care for them?
For example, the city of Munich and the Uighurs who live there would be ready to accept these Uighur people and to support and care for them so that they can come to terms with their traumatic experiences.
If you care for them, you have to get out of their lives.
They also learn parenting skills by interacting with infants or even helping to care for them.
These are my people and I will care for them as my father intended.
I understand you care for them.
I just care for them to be wearing a jacket.
Then we will care for them at home.
Act together to care for them?
And we will be here to care for them.
Don't really care for them, but I did it anyway.
You must love and care for them, and also build relationships.
For patients in developing countries, the medicines are too expensive and the medical infrastructure to provide care for them is lacking.
Don't really care for them, but I did it anyway.
No, I don't really care for them.
No, I don't really care for them.
Even if those people do not vote for us, we have to care for them because they are our brothers and sisters in the human family.
I remember her telling me all about the boys and girls that didn't have anyone to care for them.
But if you're judging us as a people by the way we treat our children, and there can be no better criterion, then you must understand how deeply we care for them.
It is, above all, strength of will that makes life significantly easier for old people themselves and also for those who care for them.

Alternatives:

look after them
take care of them
provide for them
attend to their needs
nurture them

Care about them

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to express concern or interest in someone's well-being or feelings.

This phrase is used when talking about having feelings of concern, interest, or affection towards someone. It implies emotional connection and empathy towards the person.

Examples:

I really care about my friends and their happiness.
She cares about the environment and always tries to reduce her carbon footprint.
He cares about his students and wants to see them succeed.
It's important to care about the feelings of others.
She cares about her family deeply and always puts them first.

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Actually I don't care about them.
Jimmy, I don't care about them.
Then show them that you care about them.
If you care about them, I'd advise you to free Ziro the Hutt from the detention center.
But I... you know, if I really care about them, I got to do the right thing here.
and I care about them more than anything else.
Will doesn't care about them.
This guy doesn't care about them,
I don't care about them, about the curse.
No, I don't care about them.
I care about them, and especially I care about you.
When people get too chummy with me, I like to call them by the wrong name to let them know I don't really care about them.
Since your company doesn't care about them and you're part of the system, that means you don't care either.
Does everyone you care about know how much you care about them?
Don't you care about them?
But I care about them.
I don't care about them.
Lizzie and Mica, you care about them.
Well, I still care about them.
I've been acting like I care about them.

Alternatives:

be concerned about them
have feelings for them
be interested in them
show empathy towards them
have affection for them

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