Bed bugs are found across the globe from North and South America, to Africa, Asia and Europe. Although the presence of bed bugs has traditionally been seen as a problem in developing countries, it has recently been spreading rapidly in parts of the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and other parts of Europe.
aidâ²less, adj. syn: See help. usage: Although the nouns aid and aide both have among their meanings âan assisting person,â the spelling aide is increasingly being used for this sense: One of the senator's aides is calling. aide in military use is short for aide-de-camp.
Aid vs. aide. An aide is an assistant or helper. The word always refers to a person. Aid is a noun referring to (1) assistance, or (2) something that assists (e.g., a hearing aid or a visual aid), and itâs also a verb meaning to assist. Some dictionaries list aid as a variant of aide, but the words are generally kept separate in edited writing.