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Philia vs Phil - What's the difference?

philia | phil |

As nouns the difference between philia and phil

is that philia is friendship (translating greek'' ) while phil is .

As a proper noun phil is

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philia

English

Noun

(wikipedia philia)
  • friendship (translating Greek'' )
  • liking
  • (countable) a psychological disorder characterized by an irrational favorable disposition towards something

    • Antonyms

    * (in psychology ): phobia

    References

    * OED 2006

    phil

    English

    Etymology 1

    Shortened from (Philip), from (etyl) , which see for more information.

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (rare)

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (head)
    • English diminutives of male given names English diminutives of female given names ----