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Playfellow vs Boyfriend - What's the difference?

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Playfellow is a related term of boyfriend.


As nouns the difference between playfellow and boyfriend

is that playfellow is (dated) playmate; companion for someone (especially children) to play with while boyfriend is a male partner in a romantic relationship.

playfellow

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (dated) playmate; companion for someone (especially children) to play with.
  • * 1922 , (Margery Williams), (The Velveteen Rabbit)
  • "I’ve brought you a new playfellow ," the Fairy said. "You must be very kind to him and teach him all he needs to know in Rabbitland, for he is going to live with you for ever and ever!"
  • * 1912 : (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 5
  • Now she was within ten feet of the two unsuspecting little playfellows --carefully she drew her hind feet well up beneath her body, the great muscles rolling under the beautiful skin.

    boyfriend

    English

    Alternative forms

    * boy friend (dated)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A male partner in a romantic relationship.
  • * 2012 , (Justin Bieber), Boyfriend
  • If I was your boyfriend , I’d never let you go
    I can take you places you ain’t never been before.
  • A male friend.
  • Synonyms

    * (male friend) guyfriend (slang)

    Usage notes

    In contrast to its female equivalent, girlfriend, which is often used to describe a woman's close female friends, the term is not that often used in reference to non-romantic relationships. Boyfriend is a relatively modern term, and in the past has had implications of an illicit relationship (as sexual and romantic relationships outside marriage were generally frowned upon). It is now a generally accepted term and has no negative implications. Use of boyfriend generally implies that the male is a boy or a young man. An older man in a non-marital relationship and sometimes even a young man in a long-term relationship is more often described as a significant other or partner. Separating the word into its two components boy friend'' avoids the romantic implication nowadays, although ''boy friend'' used to mean the same as ''boyfriend does now. However, British and Australian men usually refer to a male friend as a mate. Similarly, Americans and Canadians use the term buddy.

    See also

    * * girlfriend * husband * lover * significant other ----