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Unfriend vs Enemy - What's the difference?

unfriend | enemy | Synonyms |

Unfriend is a synonym of enemy.


As nouns the difference between unfriend and enemy

is that unfriend is one who is not a friend; an enemy while enemy is someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.

As a verb unfriend

is (rare) to sever as friends.

As a adjective enemy is

of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy.

unfriend

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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

    enemy

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia enemy) (enemies)
  • Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.
  • He made a lot of enemies after reducing the working hours in his department.
    Crush the enemy !
  • A hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation.
  • rally together against a common enemy .
  • An alliance of such forces.
  • Something harmful or threatening to another
  • * '>citation
  • The very thing the 16 skiers and snowboarders had sought — fresh, soft snow — instantly became the enemy . Somewhere above, a pristine meadow cracked in the shape of a lightning bolt, slicing a slab nearly 200 feet across and 3 feet deep. Gravity did the rest.

    Synonyms

    * foe * unfriend * adversary * nemesis * backfriend

    Antonyms

    * ally * friend

    Derived terms

    {{der3, archenemy , enemydom , enemyful , enemyhood , enemyish , enemyless , enemylike , enemyness , enemyship , enemywise}}

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy
  • See also

    * nemesis

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