Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Assist"

A: they would help you clean something

A: To help someone with what they are doing.

A: to support or to help

A: He helped other players score 131 times.

A: there's not actually a difference between help and assist, they mean the same

"I assisted/helped my mother bring in the groceries."

"They might need assistance, but not ask for help." (they mean the same thing, and you could replace the word help with "it" to refer back to assistance)

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A: Nurse Brown will assist Doctor Jones during surgery.

The stewardess will assist you with your baggage.

Assist=to help

A: 1. May I assist you with bringing your bags inside?
2. Can you assist me with making dinner?
3. I assist the elderly by helping them cross the street.

A: Assist is more formal/polite, help is more casual but it isn’t impolite :)

A: "Assist" and "help" are pretty identical, except that "assist" might sound a little more formal. They usually refer to helping someone with a specific task. "Support" usually implies more general assistance through multiple aspects over time. In particular, it is often used for financial support, taking care of a dependent, emotional support, or customer service.

Can you help me with my homework?

Help! I'm drowning!

I am going in to perform surgery. Doctor Palmer will assist me.

My secretary assists me in meetings.

The orphan is financially supported by his aunt.

I have a loving boyfriend who supports me no matter what I do.

My phone is acting weird, I'm going to call tech support.

A: “Assist” is just another word for “help”

“I can help you with your homework.”
“I can assist you with your homework.”

A: The trainee surgeon will assist/support the doctor during the surgery.
The doctor will receive support/assistance from the trainee surgeon.

The school assists/supports students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

But:

To assist is more passive, whereas support is more active. In a bank, for example, a banker may ask you:

How can I assist you today?

But they won't say "How can I support you today?".

A: Meaning is the same, but sometimes assist can sound a bit more formal than help.

Assist almost always means helping someone who is doing a task or job (they are doing it, you are helping them do it)

Whereas help can mean that also, but can also mean you are doing it for them.

Can you assist me to change the tire (I am going to change it, but asking for you to assist me to do it)

Can you help me change the tire (can mean the same as above, but also can mean you're asking them to do it for you)

If in doubt use help, won't be incorrect. It's also more common if using as noun

I could use or need some help
I could use or need an assist

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A: How may I help you?
How may I assist you?

If you want to ask how you can physically do something then use the verb “can” instead of “may”.

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A: "I can assist you WITH whatever you need."
Just change that one word, and the sentence's perfect.
~"In whatever you need" makes sense, but it just sounds a little awkward.