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Friends vs Colleague - What's the difference?

friends | colleague |

As nouns the difference between friends and colleague

is that friends is plural of lang=en while colleague is a fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate.

As a proper noun Friends

is the Quakers; the Society of Friends.

As a verb colleague is

to unite or associate with another or with others.

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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    colleague

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia colleague) (en noun)
  • A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate.
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    Synonyms

    * coworker * workmate * See also

    Related terms

    * collegial * collegiate

    See also

    Do not confuse with: * college * collage

    Verb

    (colleagu)
  • To unite or associate with another or with others.
    • Young Fortinbras,/ Holding a weak supposal of our worth/...Colleagued with the dream of his advantage,/...hath not failed to pester us with message/ Importing the surrender of those lands/Lost by his father.'' - ''Hamlet (Act I, Scene 2)

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