The difference between Friendly and Hard

When used as nouns, friendly means a game which is of no consequence in terms of ranking, betting etc, whereas hard means a firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.

When used as adverbs, friendly means in a friendly manner, like a friend, whereas hard means with much force or effort.

When used as adjectives, friendly means generally warm, approachable and easy to relate with in character, whereas hard means having a severe property.

check bellow for the other definitions of Friendly and Hard

  1. Friendly as an adjective:

    Generally warm, approachable and easy to relate with in character.

    Examples:

    "Your cat seems very friendly."

  2. Friendly as an adjective:

    Inviting, characteristic of friendliness.

    Examples:

    "He gave a friendly smile."

  3. Friendly as an adjective:

    Having an easy or accepting relationship with something.

    Examples:

    "a user-friendly software program"

    "a dog-friendly café"

    "the use of [[environmentally friendly]] packaging"

  4. Friendly as an adjective:

    Without any hostility.

    Examples:

    "a friendly competition"

    "a friendly power or state"

  5. Friendly as an adjective:

    Promoting the good of any person; favourable; propitious.

    Examples:

    "a friendly breeze or gale"

  6. Friendly as an adjective (military):

    Of or pertaining to friendlies (friendly noun sense 2, below). Also applied to other bipolar confrontations, such as team sports

    Examples:

    "The soldier was killed by friendly fire."

  7. Friendly as an adjective (number theory):

    Being or relating to two or more natural numbers with a common abundancy.

    Examples:

    "friendly numbers;  friendly pairs;  friendly n-tuples"

  8. Friendly as an adjective (in compounds):

    Not damaging to, or compatible with (the compounded noun)

    Examples:

    "The cobbled streets aren't very bike-friendly."

    "Organic farms only use soil-friendly fertilisers."

    "Our sandwiches are made with dolphin-friendly tuna."

  1. Friendly as an adverb (archaic):

    In a friendly manner, like a friend.

  1. Friendly as a noun (sports):

    A game which is of no consequence in terms of ranking, betting etc.

    Examples:

    "Even as friendlies, derbies often arouse strong emotions"

  2. Friendly as a noun:

    A person or entity on the same side in a conflict.

  1. Hard as an adjective (of material or fluid):

    Having a severe property; presenting difficulty. Resistant to pressure. Strong. High in dissolved chemical salts, especially those of calcium. Having the capability of being a permanent magnet by being a material with high magnetic coercivity (compare soft).

    Examples:

    "This bread is so stale and hard, I can barely cut it."

  2. Hard as an adjective (personal or social):

    Having a severe property; presenting difficulty. Requiring a lot of effort to do or understand. Demanding a lot of effort to endure. Severe, harsh, unfriendly, brutal. Difficult to resist or control; powerful.

    Examples:

    "a hard problem"

    "a hard life"

    "a hard master;  a hard heart;  hard words;  a hard character"

    "don't be so hard on yourself"

  3. Hard as an adjective:

    Unquestionable.

    Examples:

    "'hard evidence"

  4. Hard as an adjective (of a road intersection):

    Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.

    Examples:

    "At the intersection, there are two roads going to the left. Take the hard left."

  5. Hard as an adjective (slang, vulgar, of a [[male]]):

    Sexually aroused.

    Examples:

    "I got so hard watching two hot guys wrestle each other on the beach."

  6. Hard as an adjective (bodybuilding):

    Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.

  7. Hard as an adjective (phonetics, uncomparable):

    Plosive. Unvoiced Velarized or plain, rather than palatalized

    Examples:

    "There is a hard ''c'' in "clock" and a soft ''c'' in "centre"."

    "'Hard ''k'', ''t'', ''s'', ''ch'', as distinguished from soft, ''g'', ''d'', ''z'', ''j''."

    "The letter m ru ж in Russian is always hard."

  8. Hard as an adjective (arts):

    Having a severe property; presenting a barrier to enjoyment. Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition. Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in colour or shading.

  9. Hard as an adjective (uncomparable):

    In the form of a hard copy.

    Examples:

    "We need both a digital archive and a hard archive."

  1. Hard as an adverb (manner):

    With much force or effort.

    Examples:

    "He hit the puck hard up the ice."

    "They worked hard all week."

    "At the intersection, bear hard left."

    "The recession hit them especially hard."

    "Think hard about your choices."

  2. Hard as an adverb (manner):

    With difficulty.

    Examples:

    "His degree was hard earned."

    "The vehicle moves hard."

  3. Hard as an adverb (obsolete):

    So as to raise difficulties.

  4. Hard as an adverb (manner):

    Compactly.

    Examples:

    "The lake had finally frozen hard."

  5. Hard as an adverb (now, archaic):

    Near, close.

  1. Hard as a noun (countable, nautical):

    A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.

  2. Hard as a noun (uncountable, drugs, colloquial, slang):

    crack cocaine.

  3. Hard as a noun (motorsports):

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