aftercare vs care

aftercare

noun
  • Emotional support offered by the programme makers to a person who has appeared on a stressful talk show, etc. 

  • Tender affection and care given to a partner after a BDSM activity, usually to serve as a transition between the activity and whatever follows it. 

  • Services and support offered to a customer for the goods or service they have purchased. 

  • Childcare services tending to children after the school day. 

  • The care given to a patient during recovery from an operation or after hospitalization. 

care

noun
  • The treatment of those in need (especially as a profession). 

  • Maintenance, upkeep. 

  • Worry. 

  • The state of being cared for by others. 

  • Close attention; concern; responsibility. 

  • The object of watchful attention or anxiety. 

verb
  • To mind; to object. 

  • To want, to desire; to like; to be inclined towards. 

  • To be concerned (about), to have an interest (in); to feel concern (about). 

  • (with for) To look after or look out for. 

  • For it to matter to, or make any difference to. 

How often have the words aftercare and care occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )