Frenemy vs Enemy - What's the difference?
frenemy | enemy |
(humorous) Someone who pretends to be your friend, but is really your enemy.
* 1987', '''I Ain't No Joke,''' by Eric B. and Rakim, on the album "Paid in Full." "Another enemy / Not even a ' frenemy. "
* 2000', '''frenemies —''Sex and the City, season 3 episode 16, first aired October 1. [title]
* 2001', In France the Seine has all the advantages of Northernness (a quality underrated by our Gallic '''frenemy ) but it is too fatally interested in Paris [...] —John Lanchester, ''The Debt to Pleasure. [http://print.google.com/print?id=5oQTntBdq_gC&pg=PA153&lpg=PA153&sig=6gozFgkZj_c0l3BG07cBvv9pCk8]
* 2004', You know when you dump a guy, only to discover years later that he's evolved into the perfect boyfriend—for the high-school '''frenemy who convinced you to dump him in the first place...? —''The Ex-Factor, Andrea Semple. [back cover] [http://print.google.com/print?id=POrE5lu430EC&lpg=PA278&pg=PA278&sig=Qq4QqJpU6DCfifI5g-aj6w9GJo0]
* 2005', So why did we break up? Enter Blaize St. John, '''frenemy extraordinaire. She came, she saw, she stole my boyfriend. —''Single Girl's Guide to Murder, Joanne Meyer. [back cover] [http://print.google.com/print?id=uWFlXyWSpfIC&pg=PT4&lpg=PT4&sig=ixqqQtxAIczgL7QnPbqldCJEy1w]
* 2007', "Gates made a rare and instructive appearance with his longtime ' frenemy Steve Jobs." Appeared on Time's June 18, 2007 issue.
(humorous) A fair-weather friend who is also a rival.
Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.
A hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation.
An alliance of such forces.
Something harmful or threatening to another
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As nouns the difference between frenemy and enemy
is that frenemy is (humorous) someone who pretends to be your friend, but is really your enemy while enemy is someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.As an adjective enemy is
of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy.frenemy
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Alternative forms
* frienemyNoun
(frenemies)Synonyms
* betrayer * double-crosser * traitor * palholeSee also
* (wikipedia "frenemy")enemy
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(wikipedia enemy) (enemies)- He made a lot of enemies after reducing the working hours in his department.
- Crush the enemy !
- rally together against a common enemy .
- The very thing the 16 skiers and snowboarders had sought — fresh, soft snow — instantly became the enemy . Somewhere above, a pristine meadow cracked in the shape of a lightning bolt, slicing a slab nearly 200 feet across and 3 feet deep. Gravity did the rest.