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Guys vs Friends - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between guys and friends

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

As proper nouns the difference between guys and friends

is that guys is a town in Tennessee while Friends is the Quakers; the Society of Friends.

guys

English

Noun

(head) plural
  • (colloquial) Persons, irrespective of their genders.
    • Who are those guys ?
  • (colloquial) A form of address for a group of male persons or a group of mixed male and female persons.
    • Hi guys !

    Synonyms

    * (persons irrespective of gender ): people, persons, folks * (male persons''): blokes (''British''), chaps (''British''), dudes (''US ), fellows, gents

    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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