Foe vs. Fiend — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Foe and Fiend
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Foe
An enemy or opponent
His work was praised by friends and foes alike
Fiend
An evil spirit; a demon.
Foe
A personal enemy or opponent.
Fiend
The Devil; Satan.
Foe
One who is opposed to an idea or cause
A foe of tax reform.
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Fiend
A diabolically evil or wicked person.
Foe
An enemy in war.
Fiend
(Informal) One who is addicted to something
A dope fiend.
Foe
Something that is destructive or injurious
Taxes that were the foe of economic development.
Fiend
(Informal) One who is completely absorbed in or obsessed with a given job or pastime
A crossword-puzzle fiend.
Foe
(obsolete) Hostile.
Fiend
(Informal) One who is particularly adept at something
A fiend with computers.
Foe
An enemy.
Fiend
To crave (a drug, for example)
Fiended cocaine.
Foe
A unit of energy equal to 1044 joules.
Fiend
To have an intense desire for something
Fiended for the band's new release.
Foe
One who entertains personal enmity, hatred, grudge, or malice, against another; an enemy.
A man's foes shall be they of his own household.
Fiend
A devil or demon; a malignant or diabolical being; an evil spirit.
Foe
An enemy in war; a hostile army.
Fiend
A very evil person.
Foe
One who opposes on principle; an opponent; an adversary; an ill-wisher; as, a foe to religion.
A foe to received doctrines.
Fiend
(obsolete) An enemy; a foe.
Religion teaches us to love everybody, be one fiend or friend.
Foe
To treat as an enemy.
Fiend
The enemy of mankind, specifically, the Devil; Satan.
Foe
An armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force);
A soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies
Fiend
(informal) An addict or fanatic.
He's been a jazz fiend since his teenage years.
Dope fiend
Foe
A personal enemy;
They had been political foes for years
Fiend
To yearn; to be desperate (for something).
Fiend
An implacable or malicious foe; one who is diabolically wicked or cruel; an infernal being; - applied specifically to the devil or a demon.
Into this wild abyss the wary fiendStood on the brink of Hell and looked a while.
O woman! woman! when to ill thy mindIs bent, all hell contains no fouler fiend.
Fiend
A cruel wicked and inhuman person
Fiend
One of the evil spirits of traditional Jewish and Christian belief
Fiend
A person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause);
A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject
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