friend vs enemy

Friend

Definitions

noun

  1. a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)

Examples

The protests were going on about 1 kilometers away in the main street and some of the protesting crowd were running from tear gass used among them, towards Salehi St. The film is shot by my friend who was standing beside me.

My girlfriend wants me to go to the basketball court.

We love our king, we just don't love the way he abuses our money," a Swazi friend once explained to me.

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enemy

Definitions

noun

  1. any hostile group of people
  2. a personal enemy
  3. an opposing military force
  4. an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)

Examples

Spanish-American War of 1898 Edison suggested to the Navy Department the adoption of a compound of calcium carbide and calcium phosphite, which when placed in a shell and fired from a gun would explode as soon as it struck water and ignite, producing a blaze that would continue several minutes and make the ships of the enemy visible for four or five miles at sea.

enemy fire was intense

On the evening of 24 May 1941, British lieutenant commander Malcolm Wanklyn, in command of the submarine Upholder, sighted an enemy troop convoy strongly escorted by destroyers off Sicily.

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