Mate vs Guy - What's the difference?
mate | guy |
A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate.
(especially of a non-human animal) A breeding partner.
(colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand) A friend, usually of the same sex.
(colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand) a colloquial "sir"; an informal and friendly term of address to a stranger, usually male
(nautical) In naval ranks, a non-commissioned officer or his subordinate (e.g. (w, Boatswain's Mate), (w, Gunner's Mate), Sailmaker's Mate, etc).
(nautical) A ship's officer, subordinate to the master on a commercial ship.
(nautical) A first mate.
A technical assistant in certain trades (e.g. gasfitter's mate'', ''plumber's mate ); sometimes an apprentice.
The other member of a matched pair of objects.
A suitable companion; a match; an equal.
* Milton
To match, fit together without space between.
To copulate.
To pair in order to raise offspring
To arrange in matched pairs.
To introduce (animals) together for the purpose of breeding.
To marry; to match (a person).
* Shakespeare
To match oneself against; to oppose as equal; to compete with.
* Francis Bacon
* Shakespeare
To fit (objects) together without space between.
(aerospace) To move (a space shuttle orbiter) onto the back of an aircraft that can carry it.
To win a game of chess by putting the opponent in checkmate
To confuse; to confound.
(obsolete and rare) A guide; a leader or conductor.
(primarily nautical) A support rope or cable used to guide, steady or secure something which is being hoisted or lowered. Also a support to secure or steady something prone to shift its position or be carried away, e.g. the mast of a ship or a suspension-bridge.
(British) An effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (5th November).
(archaic) A person of eccentric appearance or dress.
* W. S. Gilbert
(colloquial) A male
(colloquial, in the plural) people
(colloquial, of animals and sometimes objects) thing, creature
(colloquial, technology) thing, unit
(informal, term of address) Buster, Mack, fella
To exhibit an effigy of Guy Fawkes around the 5th November.
To make fun of, to ridicule with wit or innuendo.
* 2003 , Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason , Penguin 2004, p. 278:
* 2006 , Clive James, North Face of Soho , Picador 2007, p. 187:
In intransitive terms the difference between mate and guy
is that mate is to win a game of chess by putting the opponent in checkmate while guy is to exhibit an effigy of Guy Fawkes around the 5th November.In transitive terms the difference between mate and guy
is that mate is to fit (objects) together without space between while guy is to make fun of, to ridicule with wit or innuendo.As a proper noun Guy is
a given name derived from Germanic.mate
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) ). More at (l), (l).Noun
(en noun)- I'm going to the pub with a few mates .
- He's my best mate .
- Excuse me, mate , have you got the time?
- ''I found one of the socks I wanted to wear, but I couldn't find its mate .
- Ye knew me once no mate / For you; there sitting where you durst not soar.
Synonyms
(checksyns) * fellow * friend * buddy * sir * partner * See alsoDerived terms
(Derived terms) * bedmate * bunkmate * cellmate * classmate * crewmate * flatmate * floormate * housemate * mateship * office mate * roommate * shipmate * teammate * tourmate * workmateVerb
- The pieces of the puzzle mate perfectly.
- If she be mated with an equal husband.
- There is no passion in the mind of man so weak but it mates and masters the fear of death.
- I, / Dare mate a sounder man than Surrey can be.
Synonyms
(checksyns) * couple * match * pairAntonyms
* (aerospace) demateDerived terms
* matingEtymology 2
From (etyl) verb maten, (etyl) mater, from (etyl) noun .Verb
- (Shakespeare)
Etymology 3
SeeAnagrams
* * * * ----guy
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) guie.Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* guy rope * guy wireEtymology 2
Named from (1570-1606), an English Catholic hanged for his role in the Gunpowder Plot.Noun
(en noun)- The lady who dresses like a guy .
- (Charles Dickens)
- A new guy started at the office today.
- Jane considers that guy to be very good looking.
- I wonder what those guys are doing with that cat?
- The dog's left foreleg was broken, poor little guy .
- This guy''', here, controls the current, and this '''guy , here, measures the voltage.
- Hey, guy , give a man a break, would ya?
Usage notes
* In plural, guys'' is not completely gender-neutral but it may refer to people of either sex in some circumstances and forms; the greeting "''Hey guys'''''" can generally refer to people of either gender. This usage is not always seen as accurate or correct. Referring to a group as "''guys''" usually means a group of men or a mixed-gender group, since describing a group of women as ''guys'', as in "''the could accurately be described as "''a bunch of '''guys'''''" in slang. The usage of the plural ''guys'' in the phrase "''some '''guys chased them away " would generally be assumed to mean men rather than women. * When used of animals, guy usually refers to either a male or one whose gender is not known; it is rarely if ever used of an animal that is known to be female. * In some varieties of US and Canadian English, you guys '' revives the distinction between a singular and plural ''you'', much like ''y'all in other varieties.Synonyms
* (US) (man) dude, fella, homey, bro * (British) (man) bloke, geezer, cove, fellow, chap * See alsoAntonyms
* (male) (l) * (male) (l)Derived terms
* bad guy * good guy * nice guy * nice guys finish last * you guysVerb
(en verb)- Swift and other satirists mercilessly guyed the unlettered self-importance of the peddlars of such soul-food, exposing their humility and self-laceration as an egregious and obnoxious form of self-advertisement (s'excuser, c'est s'accuser ).
- Terry Kilmartin [...], applauded for every ‘um’ and ‘ah’, knew that he was being guyed and had the charm to make it funny.
