The difference between Champion and Friend

When used as nouns, champion means an ongoing winner in a game or contest, 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, champion means to promote, advocate, or act as a champion for (a cause, etc.), whereas friend means to act as a friend to, to befriend.

Champion is also adjective with the meaning: acting as a champion.

check bellow for the other definitions of Champion and Friend

  1. Champion as a noun:

    An ongoing winner in a game or contest.

    Examples:

    "The defending champion is expected to defeat his challenger."

  2. Champion as a noun:

    Someone who is chosen to represent a group of people in a contest.

    Examples:

    "[[wikipedia:Real Madrid C.F. Real Madrid]] is eligible to play in [[wikipedia:2016 FIFA Club World Cup FIFA Club World Cup]] as the champion of Europe."

  3. Champion as a noun:

    Someone who fights for a cause or status.

    Examples:

    "'champion of women's suffrage"

  4. Champion as a noun:

    Someone who fights on another's behalf.

    Examples:

    "'champion of the poor"

  1. Champion as an adjective (attributive):

    Acting as a champion; that has defeated all one's competitors.

  2. Champion as an adjective (attributive):

    Excellent; beyond compare.

  3. Champion as an adjective (predicative, Ireland, British, dialect):

    Excellent; brilliant; superb; deserving of high praise.

    Examples:

    "That rollercoaster was champion," laughed Vinny."

  1. Champion as a verb (transitive):

    To promote, advocate, or act as a champion for (a cause, etc.).

  2. Champion as a verb (obsolete, transitive):

    To challenge.

  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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