The difference between Buddy and Friend

When used as nouns, buddy means a friend or casual acquaintance, whereas friend means a person other than a family member, spouse or lover whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.

When used as verbs, buddy means to assign a buddy, or partner, to, whereas friend means to act as a friend to, to befriend.

Buddy is also adjective with the meaning: resembling a bud.

check bellow for the other definitions of Buddy and Friend

  1. Buddy as a noun:

    A friend or casual acquaintance.

    Examples:

    "They have been buddies since they were in school."

  2. Buddy as a noun:

    A partner for a particular activity.

    Examples:

    "drinking buddies"

  3. Buddy as a noun:

    An informal and friendly address to a stranger; a friendly placeholder name for a person one does not know.

    Examples:

    "Hey, buddy, I think you dropped this."

  1. Buddy as a verb (transitive):

    To assign a buddy, or partner, to.

  1. Buddy as an adjective:

    Resembling a bud.

  1. Friend as a noun:

    A person other than a family member, spouse or lover whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.

    Examples:

    "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."

  2. Friend as a noun:

    A boyfriend or girlfriend.

  3. Friend as a noun:

    An associate who provides assistance.

    Examples:

    "The Automobile Association is every motorist's friend. The police is every law-abiding citizen's friend."

  4. Friend as a noun:

    A person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted

    Examples:

    "a friend of a friend; I added him as a friend on Facebook, but I hardly know him."

  5. Friend as a noun:

    A person who backs or supports something.

    Examples:

    "I’m not a friend of cheap wine."

  6. Friend as a noun (informal):

    An object or idea that can be used for good.

    Examples:

    "Wiktionary is your friend."

  7. Friend as a noun (colloquial, ironic, used only in the [[vocative]]):

    Used as a form of address when warning someone.

    Examples:

    "You’d better watch it, friend."

  8. Friend as a noun (object-oriented programming):

    A function or class granted special access to the private and protected members of another class.

  9. Friend as a noun (climbing):

    A spring-loaded camming device.

  10. Friend as a noun (obsolete):

    A paramour of either sex.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Shakespeare"

  11. Friend as a noun (Scotland, obsolete):

    A relative.

  1. Friend as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

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

  2. Friend as a verb (transitive):

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

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