different between buddy vs boyfriend

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?d.i/
• Rhymes: -?di

Etymology 1

1802, colloquial butty (“companion”), also the form of an older dialect term meaning workmate, associated with coal mining. Itself believed derived from 1530 as booty fellow, a partner with whom one shares booty or loot. Alternatively, an alteration of brother.

Noun

buddy (plural buddies)

1. A friend or casual acquaintance.

   Synonyms: bud, mate; see also Thesaurus:friend

2. A partner for a particular activity.

   Synonyms: companion, partner

3. An informal and friendly address to a stranger; a friendly (or occasionally antagonistic) placeholder name for a person one does not know.

   Synonyms: mate, fellow

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

buddy (third-person singular simple present buddies, present participle buddying, simple past and past participle buddied)

1. (transitive) To assign a buddy, or partner, to.

Etymology 2

From Middle English buddy, buddi, equivalent to bud +? -y.

Adjective

buddy (comparative more buddy, superlative most buddy)

1. Resembling a bud.
   • 1963, John Herbert Goddard, Chrysanthemum Growers' Treasury (page 18)

     Some of the dwarfer varieties are full of buddy growths in the early stages and these must be cut down and thrown away.

References

English

Alternative forms

• boy friend (dated)
• boy-friend (dated)

Etymology

From boy +? friend.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b???f??nd/, /?b??f??nd/

Noun

boyfriend (plural boyfriends)

1. A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.

   Coordinate terms: fiancé, girlfriend, husband, lover, significant other
2. A male friend.

   Synonyms: (slang) guyfriend, buddy, pal, mate; see also Thesaurus:friend

Usage notes

In contrast to its female equivalent, girlfriend, which is also 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 more commonly frowned upon). It is now a generally accepted term and has no negative implications per se.

An adult man in a non-marital relationship is sometimes referred to instead as a significant other or partner, especially if the two partners are living together. Because boyfriend and partner mean different things to different people, the distinctions between the terms are subjective, and which term is used in a relationship will ultimately be determined by personal preference.

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.

Derived terms

• boyfriendable

Descendants

• ? Hindi: ?????????? (b?yfre??)
• ? Japanese: ??????? (b?ifurendo)
• ? Korean: ????? (boipeurendeu)
• ? Russian: ????????? (bojfr??nd)
• ? Urdu: ??????????? (bayfren?)

Translations

Anagrams

• friend boy, friendboy

Finnish

Noun

boyfriend

1. (rare) boyfriend

Declension

Synonyms

• poikakaveri
• poikaystävä