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Folks vs Friends - What's the difference?

folks | friends |

As nouns the difference between folks and friends

is that folks is plural of lang=en while friends is plural of lang=en.

As a proper noun Friends is

the Quakers; the Society of Friends.

folks

English

Noun

(head)
  • The members of one's household; especially one's parents and immediate family.
    • My folks visit us at Christmas.
  • People in general; everybody or anybody.
    • Lots of folks like to travel during the holidays.

    Derived terms

    * just folks

    Related terms

    * folk ----

    friends

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • Participants in a two-way friendship relationship.
    • I tried to be a friend to Jane but we never ''really'' made friends . She was never a friend to me.
    Jane and I made friends right away.
    We became''' friends in the war and remain ' friends to this day.
    We were friends''' with some girls from the other school and stayed '''friends with them.

    Usage notes

    * We usually make a friend'', or ''make friends with someone. See

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