Adversary vs Enemy - What's the difference?
adversary | enemy | Synonyms |
Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.
A hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation.
An alliance of such forces.
Something harmful or threatening to another
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Enemy is a synonym of adversary.
As nouns the difference between adversary and enemy
is that adversary is an opponent or rival while enemy is someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.As a proper noun Adversary
is the Devil; Satan.As an adjective enemy is
of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy.enemy
English
Noun
(wikipedia enemy) (enemies)- He made a lot of enemies after reducing the working hours in his department.
- Crush the enemy !
- rally together against a common enemy .
- The very thing the 16 skiers and snowboarders had sought — fresh, soft snow — instantly became the enemy . Somewhere above, a pristine meadow cracked in the shape of a lightning bolt, slicing a slab nearly 200 feet across and 3 feet deep. Gravity did the rest.