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Fried vs Companion - What's the difference?

fried | companion |

As nouns the difference between fried and companion

is that fried is see in fried und freud while companion is a friend, acquaintance, or partner; someone with whom one spends time or keeps company.

As a verb companion is

(obsolete) to be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany.

fried

English

Verb

(head)
  • (fry)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Cooked by frying.
  • (specifically, of an egg) Being fried with the yolk unbroken.
  • He always ate his eggs fried , never scrambled.
  • (colloquial, of computer equipment) Broken as a result of excessive heat or an electrical surge.
  • It looks like your motherboard is fried .
  • (slang) stoned; under the influence of drugs
  • ''Man, I got totally fried on weed at Chad's party.'

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    companion

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A friend, acquaintance, or partner; someone with whom one spends time or keeps company
  • His dog has been his trusted companion for the last five years.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Here are your sons again; and I must lose / Two of the sweetest companions in the world.
  • (dated) A person employed to accompany or travel with another.
  • (nautical) The framework on the quarterdeck of a sailing ship through which daylight entered the cabins below.
  • (nautical) The covering of a hatchway on an upper deck which leads to the companionway; the stairs themselves.
  • (topology) A knot in whose neighborhood another, specified knot meets every meridian disk.
  • (figuratively) A thing or phenomenon that is closely associated with another thing, phenomenon, or person.
  • (astronomy) A celestial object that is associated with another.
  • A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders.
  • a companion of the Bath
  • (obsolete, derogatory) A fellow; a rogue.
  • * 1599 , , III. i. 111:
  • and let us knog our / prains together to be revenge on this same scald, scurvy, / cogging companion ,

    Synonyms

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    Derived terms

    * companionable, uncompanionable * companion hatch * companion ladder * companionship * companionway

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany.
  • (Ruskin)
  • (obsolete) To qualify as a companion; to make equal.
  • * (rfdate) (William Shakespeare)
  • Companion me with my mistress.