What Is the Difference Between “cure” and “treat”?

Question by blahblah: What is the difference between “cure” and “treat”?
Is there an actual cure for depression? or can it be just treated? Because all I see in these advertisements is the word “treat” does that mean “cured” also?

Best answer:

Answer by caye730
Cure is to get rid of it. Treat is to help make the pain/disease subside (lessen its effects.) You still have the disease but it’s more manageable.

Answer by Anang
cure is fixing it for good. treat is maintaining it and not let it get worst.

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