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Friends vs Mates - What's the difference?

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Mates is a synonym of friends.



As nouns the difference between friends and mates

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

As a proper noun Friends

is the Quakers; the Society of Friends.

As an adjective mates is

friendly; having a friendship (with).

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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    mates

    English

    Noun

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Friendly; having a friendship (with).
    • He is mates with my brother.

    Usage notes

    * Only used as a predicate.

    Synonyms

    * chummy (British''), chums (''British''), friendly, friends, pally (''British''), pals (''British )

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