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Enemy vs. Friend — What's the Difference?

Enemy vs. Friend — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Enemy and Friend

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Enemy

An enemy or a foe is an individual or a group that is considered as forcefully adverse or threatening. The concept of an enemy has been observed to be "basic for both individuals and communities".

Friend

A person whom one knows, likes, and trusts.

Enemy

One who feels hatred toward, intends injury to, or opposes another; a foe.

Friend

A person whom one knows; an acquaintance.

Enemy

One who opposes or is hostile to an idea or cause
An enemy of democracy.
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Friend

A person with whom one is allied in a struggle or cause; a comrade.

Enemy

Something destructive or injurious in its effects
"Art hath an enemy called Ignorance" (Ben Jonson).

Friend

One who supports, sympathizes with, or patronizes a group, cause, or movement
Friends of the clean air movement.

Enemy

A hostile power or force, such as a nation.

Friend

Friend A member of the Society of Friends; a Quaker.

Enemy

A member or unit of such a force.

Friend

(Informal) To add (someone) as a friend on a social networking website.

Enemy

A group of foes or hostile forces. See Usage Note at collective noun.

Friend

(Archaic) To befriend.

Enemy

Of, relating to, or being a hostile power or force.

Friend

A person, typically someone other than a family member, spouse or lover, whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.
John and I have been friends ever since we were roommates at college.
Trust is important between friends.
I used to find it hard to make friends when I was shy.
We became friends in the war and remain friends to this day.
We were friends with some girls from the other school and stayed friends with them.

Enemy

Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.
Under enemy duress
He made a lot of enemies after reducing the working hours in his department.
You may not want any enemies, but sometimes, your enemies choose you.

Friend

An associate who provides assistance.
The Automobile Association is every motorist's friend.
The police is every law-abiding citizen's friend.

Enemy

A hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation.
Rally together against a common enemy.

Friend

A person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted.
A friend of a friend;
I added him as a friend on Facebook, but I hardly know

Enemy

Something harmful or threatening to another

Friend

A person who backs or supports something.
I’m not a friend of cheap wine.

Enemy

Of, by, relating to, or belonging to an enemy.
The building was destroyed by enemy bombing.

Friend

(informal) An object or idea that can be used for good.
Fruit is your friend.

Enemy

(video games) A non-player character that tries to harm the player.

Friend

Used as a form of address when warning someone.
You’d better watch it, friend.

Enemy

To make an enemy of.

Friend

(object-oriented programming) A function or class granted special access to the private and protected members of another class.

Enemy

One hostile to another; one who hates, and desires or attempts the injury of, another; a foe; an adversary; as, an enemy of or to a person; an enemy to truth, or to falsehood.
To all good he enemy was still.
I say unto you, Love your enemies.
It was difficult in such a country to track the enemy. It was impossible to drive him to bay.

Friend

(climbing) A spring-loaded camming device.

Enemy

Hostile; inimical.
They . . . every day grow more enemy to God.

Friend

(euphemistic) A lover; a boyfriend or girlfriend.

Enemy

An opposing military force;
The enemy attacked at dawn

Friend

A relative, a relation by blood or marriage.
Friends agree best at a distance.
Make friends of framet folk.

Enemy

An armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force);
A soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies

Friend

To act as a friend to, to befriend; to be friendly to, to help.

Enemy

Any hostile group of people;
He viewed lawyers as the real enemy

Friend

(transitive) To add (a person) to a list of friends on a social networking site; to officially designate (someone) as a friend.

Enemy

A personal enemy;
They had been political foes for years

Friend

One who entertains for another such sentiments of esteem, respect, and affection that he seeks his society and welfare; a wellwisher; an intimate associate; sometimes, an attendant.
Want gives to know the flatterer from the friend.
A friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

Friend

One not inimical or hostile; one not a foe or enemy; also, one of the same nation, party, kin, etc., whose friendly feelings may be assumed. The word is some times used as a term of friendly address.
Friend, how camest thou in hither?

Friend

One who looks propitiously on a cause, an institution, a project, and the like; a favorer; a promoter; as, a friend to commerce, to poetry, to an institution.

Friend

One of a religious sect characterized by disuse of outward rites and an ordained ministry, by simplicity of dress and speech, and esp. by opposition to war and a desire to live at peace with all men. They are popularly called Quakers.
America was first visited by Friends in 1656.

Friend

A paramour of either sex.

Friend

To act as the friend of; to favor; to countenance; to befriend.
Fortune friends the bold.

Friend

A person you know well and regard with affection and trust;
He was my best friend at the university

Friend

An associate who provides assistance;
He's a good ally in fight
They were friends of the workers

Friend

A person with whom you are acquainted;
I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances
We are friends of the family

Friend

A person who backs a politician or a team etc.;
All their supporters came out for the game
They are friends of the library

Friend

A member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)

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