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Crony vs Buddy - What's the difference?

crony | buddy |

As a noun crony

is (informal) close friend.

As a proper noun buddy is

a male nickname.

crony

English

Noun

(cronies)
  • (informal) Close friend.
  • * Washington Irving
    • He soon found his former cronies , though all rather the worse for the wear and tear of time.
  • (informal) Trusted companion or partner in a criminal organization.
  • (obsolete) An old woman; a crone.
  • * Burton
    • Marry not an old crony .

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * cronyism

    See also

    * croony

    References

    Anagrams

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    buddy

    English

    Noun

    (buddies)
  • A friend or casual acquaintance.
    • They have been buddies since they were in school.
  • A partner for a particular activity.
    • drinking buddies
  • An informal and friendly address to a stranger; a friendly placeholder name for a person one does not know.
    • Hey, buddy , I think you dropped this.

    Synonyms

    * (friend or acquaintance): mate * (address to a stranger): mate * See also

    Derived terms

    * buddy store * buddy system * buddy up * Buddyroll * fuck buddy

    Verb

  • To assign a buddy, or partner.
  • * {{quote-book, 2007, Philip Briggs & Danny Edmunds, Mozambique: The Bradt Travel Guide citation
    • , passage=If you are being formally buddied , have a good chat with your buddy and find out their interests -- these should more or less match your own.}} English terms of address