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Fraternization vs Friendship - What's the difference?

fraternization | friendship |

As nouns the difference between fraternization and friendship

is that fraternization is the act of fraternizing or uniting as brothers while friendship is (uncountable) the condition of being friends.

fraternization

English

Alternative forms

* fraternisation

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of fraternizing or uniting as brothers.
  • Having a friendly relationship with the enemy.
  • (chiefly, US, pejorative) any type of disallowed, supposedly unethical and unprofessional, social or intimate contact between employees, especially between different gender, class or rank.

    • Related terms

    * confraternization * fraternize * fraternism * non-fraternization * sexual fraternization

    External links

    * (wikipedia "fraternization")

    friendship

    English

    (wikipedia 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