帮 vs 帮忙（近义词）

1)帮 has two meanings:(l)to support someone materially or spiritually,or actually do a part of the work (2)when he or she doing something;to wage labor,casual
labourer(which is entirely different from帮忙).
2）In the first usage帮usually takes a direct object （the person)and an indirect object(doing some business),e.g.:
3）The indirect object can be money or something else:

1）帮忙 is a verb-object phrase,meaning "actual help,or actual support to another person who needs help":
2)帮倒忙 means"when trying to help somebody,intentionally or unintentionally,one makes a lot of trouble".越帮越忙 (the more help, the more troublesome)has a similar meaning.