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Friends vs Chums - What's the difference?

friends | chums |

Chums is a synonym of friends.



As nouns the difference between friends and chums

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

As a proper noun Friends

is the Quakers; the Society of Friends.

As a verb chums is

third person singular simple present of to chum.

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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    chums

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • Verb

    (head)
  • Third person singular simple present of to chum.
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