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Defriend vs Unfriend - What's the difference?

defriend | unfriend |

Unfriend is a antonym of defriend.

Unfriend is a synonym of defriend.



In internet terms the difference between defriend and unfriend

is that defriend is to remove from one's list of friends (e.g. on a social networking website) while unfriend is to defriend; to remove from one's friends list (eg on a social networking website).

As a noun unfriend is

one who is not a friend; an enemy.

defriend

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (Internet) To remove from one's list of friends (e.g. on a social networking website).
  • * 2005 , Schmitt et al'', ''Professional CSS: Cascading Style Sheets for Web Design
    • But why subject myself and friends to the awkward social construct of being virtually "defriended" because I want to save some space on a Web page?
  • * 2007 , Mia Consalvo, Caroline Haythornthwaite, Internet Research Annual: Volume 4
    • Likewise, the actions of friending or defriending someone send out messages of their own.

    Synonyms

    * unfriend

    Antonyms

    * friend

    Anagrams

    *

    unfriend

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who is not a friend; an enemy.
  • * 1822 , Scott, Nigel :
    • Ye have back-friends, my lord, that is, un-friends , or to be plain, enemies.
  • * 1916 , William Edwin Chilton, John Downey Works, Fiscal relation between the United States and the District of Columbia
    • Thus many unfriends and some friends of the Capital agree upon the same policy with diverse and contradictory motives
  • * 1999 , Kees Waaijman, John Vriend, The mystical space of Carmel :
    • The unfriend' betrays me, ignores me, denies me, breaks me down; the ' unfriend is against and tries to devour my personhood.

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (rare) To sever as friends.
  • * 1659 , Thomas Fuller, The Appeal of Injured Innocence
    • "I hope, sir, that we are not mutually Unfriended by this Difference which hath happened betwixt us."
  • (Internet) To defriend; to remove from one's friends list (eg on a social networking website).
  • * 2007 , Mia Consalvo, Caroline Haythornthwaite, Internet Research Annual: Volume 4
    • "I asked her why, she said it was because I didn't comment, and I shrugged and said whatever. I didn't unfriend her."

    Synonyms

    * defriend

    Antonyms

    * friend * befriend