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Foe vs Comrade - What's the difference?

foe | comrade |

As nouns the difference between foe and comrade

is that foe is an enemy while comrade is a mate, companion, or associate.

As an adjective foe

is hostile.

As an initialism FoE

is friends of the Earth.

As a verb comrade is

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

foe

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) fo 'foe; hostile', from earlier ifo 'foe', from (etyl) 'to hate, be hostile' (compare Middle Irish oech 'enemy, fiend', Latin piget 'he is annoying', Lithuanian piktas ‘evil’, Albanian pis ‘dirty, scoundrel’).

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Hostile.
  • *, vol.1, ch.23:
    • he, I say, could passe into Affrike onely with two simple ships or small barkes, to commit himselfe in a strange and foe countrie, to engage his person, under the power of a barbarous King.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An enemy.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Travels and travails , passage=Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foe s’ glee.}}
    Synonyms
    * (enemy) adversary, enemy, opponent
    Antonyms
    * (enemy) ally, friend

    Etymology 2

    An acronym of "fifty-one ergs", coined by Gerald Brown of Stony Brook University in his work with Hans Bethe.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A unit of energy equal to 1044 joules.

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    comrade

    English

    (wikipedia 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

    Related terms

    * camaraderie * comradeliness * comradery * comradeship

    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.

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