'help' verbs

[Offroad]

Hello guys,

So, could you tell me the difference between 'to help' and 'to help out'?

Are there more prepositions like 'out' to be added to 'help' ?

Can they be a noun?

Thanks in advance

 

[Horsa]

'help out' is informal and more restricted in meaning than help it is often used when asking for or offering aid/assistance with a task or when the 'help' in question is financial e.g. 'I offered to help him out with the course fees.' - I offered to lend/give him part or all of the money to pay for the course fees.

'help out' cannot be used as a noun.

There are no other prepositions that can be added to 'help' in this way

 

[Offroad]

I got it. Many thanks