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As adjectives the difference between own and friendly

is that own is belonging to; possessed; proper to while friendly is generally warm, approachable and easy to relate with in character.

As a verb own

is (lb) to have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); "to possess by right; to have the right of property in; to have the legal right or rightful title to" (ref 1) or own can be (obsolete) to grant; give.

As an adverb friendly is

in a friendly manner, like a friend.

As a noun friendly is

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

own

English

Etymology 1

(wikipedia own) From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) , (etyl) (m). See also the related term (m).

Verb

(en verb)
  • (lb) To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); "To possess by right; to have the right of property in; to have the legal right or rightful title to." (Ref 1)
    • I own this car.
  • (lb) To admit, concede, grant, allow, acknowledge, confess; not to deny.
  • * 1902 , Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness , Tank Books 2007, p. 25:
    • I am sorry to own I began to worry then.
  • * 1913 ,
    • They learned how perfectly peaceful the home could be. And they almost regretted—though none of them would have owned to such callousness—that their father was soon coming back.
  • (lb) To claim as one's own; to answer to.
  • * 1851 , Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
    • I own thy speechless, placeless power; but to the last gasp of my earthquake life will dispute its unconditional, unintegral mastery in me.
  • (lb) To acknowledge or admit the possession or ownership of. (Ref 3)
  • (lb) To defeat or embarrass; to overwhelm.
    • I will own my enemies.
    If he wins, he will own you.
  • (lb) To virtually or figuratively enslave.
  • To defeat, dominate, or be above, also spelled (m).
  • To illicitly obtain "super-user" or "root" access into a computer system thereby having access to all of the user files on that system; pwn.
    • Synonyms
    * (have rightful possession of) to possess * (acknowledge responsibility for) be responsible for, admit or take responsibility for * (admit) confess, acknowledge, allow * (defeat) beat, defeat, overcome, overthrow, vanquish, have, take, best
    Derived terms
    * owndom * own up * owner * pwn * disown

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), .

    Alternative forms

    * (informal contraction)

    Adjective

    (en determiner)
  • Belonging to; possessed; proper to.
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  • (obsolete) Peculiar, domestic.
  • (obsolete) Not foreign.
    • Usage notes
    * implying ownership, often with emphasis. It always follows a possessive pronoun, or a noun in the possessive case.
    Derived terms
    * come into one's own * on one's own

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) is attested. Etymology] of the German cognate in [[:w:de:Deutsches Wörterbuch, Deutsches Wörterbuch]

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To grant; give.
  • To admit; concede; acknowledge.
  • * 1611 , Shakespeare, The Tempest , v.:
    • Two of those fellows you must know and own .
  • * 1843 , (Thomas Carlyle), '', book 2, ch. 1, ''Jocelin of Brakelond
    • It must be owned , the good Jocelin, spite of his beautiful childlike character, is but an altogether imperfect 'mirror' of these old-world things!
  • To recognise; acknowledge.
    • to own one as a son
  • To confess.

    • Statistics

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    References

    * 1896 , Universal Dictionary of the English Language [UDEL] , v3 p3429: *: To possess by right; to have the right of property in; to have the legal right or rightful title to. * 1896 , ibid., UDEL * 1896 , ibid., UDEL * 1896 , ibid., UDEL * Notes:

    Anagrams

    * (l), (l), (l) 200 English basic words 1000 English basic words

    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.
  • *
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  • (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).