Cobber vs Intimate - What's the difference?
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(Australia) A pal, buddy, mate, friend; often used in direct address by one male to another .
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Closely acquainted; familiar.
Of or involved in a sexual relationship.
Personal; private.
A very close friend.
(in plural intimates ) Women's underwear, sleepwear, or lingerie, especially offered for sale in a store.
To suggest or disclose discreetly.
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As nouns the difference between cobber and intimate
is that cobber is a pal, buddy, mate, friend; often used in direct address by one male to another while intimate is a very close friend.As an adjective intimate is
closely acquainted; familiar.As a verb intimate is
to suggest or disclose discreetly.cobber
English
Noun
(en noun)- What?s up, cobber ?
- G'day cobber!
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- “He?s a good cobber', even if he is the parson,” he said at last. “He?s a good ' cobber .”
- “That?s right,” said Jim patiently. “He?s a good cobber , and he?s the parson. Now you buzz off and leave him be. We?ve got business to talk here.”
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- He was the first member of our forces we had seen for five months. “Hi ya, cobber ,” muttered Don.
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- A voice from out of nowhere challenged: “Who is going away cobber'?” “Bob!” I shouted. “Boy, am I glad to see you ... Where the hell have you been, my dear bloody ' cobber ?”
Synonyms
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English
Adjective
(en adjective)- an intimate friend
- He and his sister deeply valued their intimate relationship as they didn't have much else to live for.
- She enjoyed some intimate time alone with her husband.
- an intimate setting
Noun
(en noun)- Only a couple of intimates had ever read his writing.
- You'll find bras and panties in the women's intimates section upstairs.
Synonyms
* (close friend) bosom buddy, bosom friend, cater-cousinVerb
(intimat)- The Kaiser beamed. Von Bulow had praised him. Von Bulow had exalted him and humbled himself. The Kaiser could forgive anything after that. "Haven't I always told you," he exclaimed with enthusiasm, "that we complete one another famously? We should stick together, and we will!"
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Von Bulow saved himself in time—but, canny diplomat that he was, he nevertheless had made one error: he should have begun by talking about his own shortcomings and Wilhelm's superiority—not by intimating that the Kaiser was a half-wit in need of a guardian.
- He intimated that we should leave before the argument escalated.