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Fellowship vs Fellow - What's the difference?

fellowship | fellow |

Fellow is a derived term of fellowship.



As nouns the difference between fellowship and fellow

is that fellowship is a company of people that share the same interest or aim while fellow is a colleague or partner.

As verbs the difference between fellowship and fellow

is that fellowship is to admit to fellowship, enter into fellowship with; to make feel welcome by showing friendship or building a cordial relationship. Now only in religious use.fellow is to suit with; to pair with; to match.

As an adjective fellow is

having common characteristics; being of the same kind, or in the same group.

fellowship

English

(fellow)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A company of people that share the same interest or aim.
  • A feeling of friendship, relatedness or connection between people.
  • A merit-based scholarship.
  • A temporary position at an academic institution with limited teaching duties and ample time for research; this may also be called a postdoc.
  • (medicine) A period of supervised, sub-specialty medical training in the United States and Canada that a physician may undertake after completing a specialty training program or residency.
  • (Christianity) Spiritual communion with a divine being.
  • The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. (2 Corinthians 13:14, ESV))

    Verb

  • To admit to fellowship, enter into fellowship with; to make feel welcome by showing friendship or building a cordial relationship.
  • ''The Bishop's family fellowshipped the new converts.
    The Society of Religious Snobs refused to fellowship the poor, immigrant family.
  • * Sidney John Hervon Herrtage (editor), The early English versions of the Gesta Romanorum'', first edition (1879), anthology, published for The Early English Text Society by N. Trübner & Co., translation of ''(Gesta Romanorum) by anon., xxxiv. 135, (Harl. MS. c.1440), page 135:
  • Then pes seynge hir sistris alle in acorde...she turnid ayene; For whenne contencions & styf wer' cessid, then pes was felashipid among hem.
  • *:: Then Peace saw her sisters all in accord...she turned again; for when contentions and strife were ceased, then Peace was fellowshipped among them.
  • To join in fellowship; to associate with.
  • The megachurch he attends is too big for making personal connections, so he also fellowships weekly in one of the church's small groups.
    After she got married, she stopped fellowshipping with the singles in our church.
  • * (Hans Kurath) quoting (Nicholas Love) (translator), (The Mirror of the Blessed Life of Jesus Christ)'', fifth edition (1989), quoted in ''Middle English Dictionary'', translation of ''Meditationes Vitae Christi by (Pseudo-Bonaventura), (Gibbs MS. c.1400), page 463:
  • Oure lorde Jesu came in manere of a pilgrym and felauschipped' [Aldh ' felischippede ] with hem.
  • *:: Our lord Jesus came in the manner of a pilgrim and fellowshipped with them.
  • fellow

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (lb) A colleague or partner.
  • (lb) A companion; a comrade.
  • *(John Milton) (1608-1674)
  • *:the fellows of his crime
  • *(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • *:We are fellows still, / Serving alike in sorrow.
  • *(Edward Gibbon) (1737-1794)
  • *:That enormous engine was flanked by two fellows almost of equal magnitude.
  • *
  • *:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows , yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations.
  • A man without good breeding or worth; an ignoble or mean man.
  • *(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
  • *:Worth makes the man, and want of it, the fellow .
  • An equal in power, rank, character, etc.
  • *(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • *:It is impossible that ever Rome / Should breed thy fellow .
  • One of a pair, or of two things used together or suited to each other; a mate.
  • *(Philemon Holland) (1552-1637)
  • *:When they be but heifers of one year,they are let go to the fellow and breed.
  • *(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • *:This was my glove; here is the fellow of it.
  • (lb) A male person; a man.
  • *1910 , (Saki), ‘The Strategist’, Reginald in Russia :
  • *:‘There'll be about ten girls,’ speculated Rollo, as he drove to the function, ‘and I suppose four fellows , unless the Wrotsleys bring their cousin, which Heaven forbid.’
  • *, chapter=7
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=“A very welcome, kind, useful present, that means to the parish. By the way, Hopkins, let this go no further. We don't want the tale running round that a rich person has arrived. Churchill, my dear fellow , we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing.
  • (lb) A person; an individual, male or female.
  • *(Charles Dickens) (1812-1870)
  • *:She seemed to be a good sort of fellow .
  • (lb) A rank or title in the professional world, usually given as "Fellow".
  • #In the English universities, a scholar who is appointed to a foundation called a fellowship, which gives a title to certain perquisites and privileges.
  • #In an American college or university, a member of the corporation which manages its business interests; also, a graduate appointed to a fellowship, who receives the income of the foundation.
  • #A member of a literary or scientific society; as, a Fellow of the Royal Society.
  • #The most senior rank or title one can achieve on a technical career in certain companies (though some Fellows also hold business titles such as Vice President or Chief Technology Officer). This is typically found in large corporations in research and development-intensive industries (IBM or Sun Microsystems in information technology, and Boston Scientific in Medical Devices for example). They appoint a small number of senior scientists and engineers as Fellows.
  • #In the US and Canada, a physician who is undergoing a supervised, sub-specialty medical training (fellowship) after completing a specialty training program (residency).
  • Usage notes

    In North America, fellow is less likely to be used for a man in general in comparison to other words that have the same purpose. Nevertheless, it is still used by some. In addition, it has a good bit of use as an academic or medical title or membership.

    Synonyms

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    Derived terms

    * bedfellow * fella * fellow feeling * fellowship * good fellow/goodfellow * hail-fellow-well-met * poor fellow * schoolfellow

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having common characteristics; being of the same kind, or in the same group
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To suit with; to pair with; to match.
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