Compatriot vs Friends - What's the difference?
compatriot | friends |
Somebody from one's own country.
* Palfrey
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Of the same country; having a common sentiment of patriotism.
* Thomson
Participants in a two-way friendship relationship.
As nouns the difference between compatriot and friends
is that compatriot is somebody from one's own country while friends is plural of lang=en.As an adjective compatriot
is of the same country; having a common sentiment of patriotism.As a proper noun Friends is
the Quakers; the Society of Friends.compatriot
English
Noun
(en noun)- the distrust with which they felt themselves to be regarded by their compatriots in America
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Synonyms
* fellow citizen * fellow countryman, fellow countrywomanAdjective
(en adjective)- She [Britain] rears to freedom an undaunted race, / Compatriot , zealous, hospitable, kind.
friends
English
Noun
(head)- I tried to be a friend to Jane but we never ''really'' made friends . She was never a friend to me.
- Jane and I made friends right away.
- We became''' friends in the war and remain ' friends to this day.
- We were friends''' with some girls from the other school and stayed '''friends with them.