Bestie vs. Boyfriend

Bestienoun

(informal) best friend

Boyfriendnoun

A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.

Boyfriendnoun

A male friend.

Boyfriendnoun

a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman;

‘if I'd known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked’;

Boyfriend

A boyfriend is a male friend or acquaintance, often specifying a regular male companion with whom a person is romantically or sexually involved.A boyfriend can also be called an admirer, beau, suitor and sweetheart. The analogous female term is .

‘girlfriend’;