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Mates vs Guys - What's the difference?

mates | guys |

As nouns the difference between mates and guys

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

As an adjective mates

is friendly; having a friendship (with).

As a proper noun Guys is

a town in Tennessee.

mates

English

Noun

(head)
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • Friendly; having a friendship (with).
  • He is mates with my brother.

    Usage notes

    * Only used as a predicate.

    Synonyms

    * chummy (British''), chums (''British''), friendly, friends, pally (''British''), pals (''British )

    Anagrams

    * ----

    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