The difference between Enemy and Friend

When used as nouns, enemy means someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else, whereas friend means a person other than a family member, spouse or lover whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.

Enemy is also adjective with the meaning: of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy.

Friend is also verb with the meaning: to act as a friend to, to befriend.

check bellow for the other definitions of Enemy and Friend

  1. Enemy as a noun:

    Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.

    Examples:

    "He made a lot of enemies after reducing the working hours in his department."

    "Crush the enemy!"

  2. Enemy as a noun:

    A hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation.

    Examples:

    "rally together against a common enemy."

  3. Enemy as a noun:

    An alliance of such forces.

  4. Enemy as a noun:

    Something harmful or threatening to another

  1. Enemy as an adjective:

    of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy

  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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