Used when personally providing assistance or support to someone in need. Volunteers needed to care for the homeless during the winter.
Pro Tip 2/3
Ongoing Responsibility
Implies a continuous or regular duty, often long-term, to watch over someone or something. Nurses care for patients throughout their recovery.
Pro Tip 3/3
Not Occasional Help
'Care for' suggests a deeper commitment than simply helping someone occasionally. Since their parents' departure, she had to care for her siblings full-time.