Companion vs Enemy - What's the difference?
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A friend, acquaintance, or partner; someone with whom one spends time or keeps company
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(dated) A person employed to accompany or travel with another.
(nautical) The framework on the quarterdeck of a sailing ship through which daylight entered the cabins below.
(nautical) The covering of a hatchway on an upper deck which leads to the companionway; the stairs themselves.
(topology) A knot in whose neighborhood another, specified knot meets every meridian disk.
(figuratively) A thing or phenomenon that is closely associated with another thing, phenomenon, or person.
(astronomy) A celestial object that is associated with another.
A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders.
(obsolete, derogatory) A fellow; a rogue.
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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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As nouns the difference between companion and enemy
is that companion is a friend, acquaintance, or partner; someone with whom one spends time or keeps company while enemy is someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.As a verb companion
is to be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany.As an adjective enemy is
of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy.companion
English
Noun
(en noun)- His dog has been his trusted companion for the last five years.
- Here are your sons again; and I must lose / Two of the sweetest companions in the world.
- a companion of the Bath
- and let us knog our / prains together to be revenge on this same scald, scurvy, / cogging companion ,
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* companionable, uncompanionable * companion hatch * companion ladder * companionship * companionwayenemy
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.