What's the difference between helpmate and helpmeet?

Helpmate


Definition:

  • (n.) A helper; a companion; specifically, a wife.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In the future, the integration of HelpMate with robot manipulators, test equipment, and central institutional information systems will open new applications in more localized areas and should help overcome difficulties in filling transport staff positions.
  • (2) The HelpMate (Transitions Research Corp.) mobile robot was developed specifically for hospital environments.
  • (3) Men were not recognized as parents but as helpmates or breadwinners which interfered with validation of the reality of the pregnancy or child.

Helpmeet


Definition:

  • (n.) A wife; a helpmate.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) I don’t need to see a video of Andy Burnham walking barefoot through its gravelled remains, maybe in three-quarter-length trousers while singing The Way We Were; nor do I require footage of Yvette Cooper kneeling on a sandy beach out of which the ruined top of the Edstone is protruding, wailing “God damn you all to hell!” while her helpmeet, Ed Balls, holds the reins of their horse.
  • (2) In 1615, for example, Cecco del Caravaggio, no relation though he was the older painter’s helpmeet, sometime model and companion, looked back to the early paintings of boys when he produced his own Musician .
  • (3) And that role is not just as helpmeet, but also propagandist, morale raiser, the mother raising her children with the love of jihad.

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