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Unfried vs Unfriend - What's the difference?

unfried | unfriend |

As an adjective unfried

is not fried.

As a noun unfriend is

one who is not a friend; an enemy.

As a verb unfriend is

(rare) to sever as friends.

unfried

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Not fried.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=March 21, author=, title=Fresh Food for Urban Deserts, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=There are communities across America where it’s almost impossible to find a fresh apple or an unfried potato. }}

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    unfriend

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who is not a friend; an enemy.
  • * 1822 , Scott, Nigel :
  • Ye have back-friends, my lord, that is, un-friends , or to be plain, enemies.
  • * 1916 , William Edwin Chilton, John Downey Works, Fiscal relation between the United States and the District of Columbia
  • Thus many unfriends and some friends of the Capital agree upon the same policy with diverse and contradictory motives
  • * 1999 , Kees Waaijman, John Vriend, The mystical space of Carmel :
  • The unfriend' betrays me, ignores me, denies me, breaks me down; the ' unfriend is against and tries to devour my personhood.

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (rare) To sever as friends.
  • * 1659 , Thomas Fuller, The Appeal of Injured Innocence
  • "I hope, sir, that we are not mutually Unfriended by this Difference which hath happened betwixt us."
  • (Internet) To defriend; to remove from one's friends list (eg on a social networking website).
  • * 2007 , Mia Consalvo, Caroline Haythornthwaite, Internet Research Annual: Volume 4
  • "I asked her why, she said it was because I didn't comment, and I shrugged and said whatever. I didn't unfriend her."

    Synonyms

    * defriend

    Antonyms

    * friend * befriend