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Crony vs Friendship - What's the difference?

crony | friendship |

As nouns the difference between crony and friendship

is that crony is close friend while friendship is the condition of being friends.

crony

English

Noun

(cronies)
  • (informal) Close friend.
  • * Washington Irving
  • He soon found his former cronies , though all rather the worse for the wear and tear of time.
  • (informal) Trusted companion or partner in a criminal organization.
  • (obsolete) An old woman; a crone.
  • * Burton
  • Marry not an old crony .

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * cronyism

    See also

    * croony

    References

    Anagrams

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    friendship

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The condition of being friends.
  • (countable) A friendly relationship, or a relationship as friends.
  • (uncountable) Good will.
  • Antonyms

    * (l) * (l)

    Derived terms

    * friendshipful * friendshipless * friendshiplike * friendshiply * friendshipped * friendshipping * friendshippish/friendshipish * friendshippy/friendshipy * guestfriendship

    See also

    * friending * mateship