Guys vs Buddy - What's the difference?
guys | buddy |
(colloquial) Persons, irrespective of their genders.
(colloquial) A form of address for a group of male persons or a group of mixed male and female persons.
A friend or casual acquaintance.
A partner for a particular activity.
An informal and friendly address to a stranger; a friendly placeholder name for a person one does not know.
To assign a buddy, or partner.
* {{quote-book, 2007, Philip Briggs & Danny Edmunds, Mozambique: The Bradt Travel Guide
, passage=If you are being formally buddied , have a good chat with your buddy and find out their interests -- these should more or less match your own.}}
English terms of address
As nouns the difference between guys and buddy
is that guys is plural of lang=en while buddy is a friend or casual acquaintance.As proper nouns the difference between guys and buddy
is that guys is a town in Tennessee while Buddy is a male nickname.As a verb buddy is
to assign a buddy, or partner.guys
English
Noun
(head) plural- Who are those guys ?
- Hi guys !
Synonyms
* (persons irrespective of gender ): people, persons, folks * (male persons''): blokes (''British''), chaps (''British''), dudes (''US ), fellows, gentsbuddy
English
Noun
(buddies)- They have been buddies since they were in school.
- drinking buddies
- Hey, buddy , I think you dropped this.
Synonyms
* (friend or acquaintance): mate * (address to a stranger): mate * See alsoDerived terms
* buddy store * buddy system * buddy up * Buddyroll * fuck buddyVerb
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