Mild vs Friendly - What's the difference?

Mild is a related term of friendly.

As adjectives the difference between mild and friendly

is that mild is gentle and not easily provoked while friendly is generally warm, approachable and easy to relate with in character.

As nouns the difference between mild and friendly

is that mild is (british) a relatively low-gravity beer, often with a dark colour; mild ale while friendly is (sports) a game which is of no consequence in terms of ranking, betting etc.

As an adverb friendly is

in a friendly manner, like a friend.

mild

English

(Webster 1913)

Adjective

(er)

Gentle and not easily provoked.

(of a rule or punishment) Of only moderate severity.

Not keenly felt or seriously intended.

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(of an illness or pain) Not serious or dangerous.

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(of weather) Moderately warm, especially less cold than expected.

(of a medicine or cosmetic) Acting gently and without causing harm.

Not sharp, or strong in flavor.

Synonyms

* soft, gentle, bland, calm, tranquil, soothing, pleasant, placid, meek, kind, tender, indulgent, clement, mollifying, lenitive, assuasive * See also

Antonyms

* strong * harsh, severe, irritating, violent, disagreeable

Noun

(en noun)

(British) A relatively low-gravity beer, often with a dark colour; mild ale

* 1998 , Robert Rankin, The Dance of the Voodoo Handbag (page 112)

'Let me get this for the lady,' I said to Fange, who was pulling her a pint of mild .

* 2011 , Pete Brown, Three Sheets to the Wind

But Stella shouldn't really be drunk in pints the same way our dads used to drink bitter or mild that was effectively half as strong.

Derived terms

* mild and bitter

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friendly

English

Adjective

Generally warm, approachable and easy to relate with in character.

Your cat seems very friendly .

They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups. The boy became volubly friendly and bubbling over with unexpected humour and high spirits.

Inviting, characteristic of friendliness.

He gave a friendly smile.

Having an easy relationship with something, as in user-friendly etc.

Without any hostility.

a friendly competition

a friendly power or state

* (1800-1859)

in friendly relations with his moderate opponents

Promoting the good of any person; favourable; propitious.

a friendly breeze or gale

* (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)

On the first friendly bank he throws him down.

(military) Of or pertaining to friendlies (friendly noun sense 2, below). Also applied to other bipolar confrontations, such as team sports

The soldier was killed by friendly fire.

(number theory) Being or relating to two or more natural numbers with a common abundancy.

friendly''' numbers; '''friendly''' pairs; '''friendly n-tuples

Antonyms

* unfriendly * hostile

Derived terms

* family friendly * friendliness * friendly fire * Friendly Islands * radio-friendly * user-friendly

Adverb

(en adverb)

In a friendly manner, like a friend.

* 1646 , (Thomas Browne), Pseudodoxia Epidemica :

And we cannot doubt, our Brothers in Physick [...] will friendly accept, if not countenance our endeavours.

Synonyms

* amicably, friendlily

Noun

(friendlies)

(sports) A game which is of no consequence in terms of ranking, betting etc.

''Even as friendlies , derbies often arouse strong emotions

A person or entity on the same side of a conflict.

* 2008 , Dennis Wengert, A Very Healthy Insanity (page 44)

You see, the mission of almost every teenage girl on the loose is to first identify the targets, just like a war. These include the primary objective (the boy), the enemy (other girls), the friendlies (sympathetic girl friends and the boy's family), and unfriendlies (other boys).