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Comrade vs Lover - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between comrade and lover

is that comrade is a mate, companion, or associate while lover is one who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, or girlfriend.

As a verb comrade

is {{cx|transitive|lang=en}} To associate with in a friendly way.

comrade

Noun

(en noun)
  • A mate, companion, or associate.
  • A companion in battle; fellow soldier.
  • A fellow socialist, communist or other very politically leftist person.
  • Hello, comrade . Are you going to the CCP meeting?
  • Comrade Lenin inspired our people to undertake great works.

    Synonyms

    * see also * (title) compare sister, brother * battle buddy * tovarishch

    Verb

    (comrad)
  • To associate with in a friendly way.
  • * Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger
  • But she was happy, for she was far away under another sky, and comrading again with her Rangers, and her animal friends, and the soldiers.

    Anagrams

    *

    lover

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (dialectal or obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, or girlfriend.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Love is blind, and lovers cannot see / The pretty follies that themselves commit.
  • A sexual partner.
  • A person who loves something.
  • a lover of fine wines
    a lover of his country
  • All right, me lover?

    Synonyms

    * (one who loves and cares) love, love interest, sweetheart, significant other, see also * (sexual partner) See * (person who loves something) connoisseur * (any friend) See

    Derived terms

    * lover's lane / lovers' lane