Of course, I immediately recall the line of the unforgettable Alexander Sergeyevich: "Onegin, my good friend." Consider the meaning of the noun "buddy". This is our research subject today.
Meaning
Wise travelers, when going on a trip, always carefully pack their backpack, you never know what can be useful in wandering. We do the same. True, our set is limited only to dictionaries. Because our journey is exclusively mental, virtual. However, open the dictionary and find out that the values ​​of the object of study are as follows:
- A close and friendly friend.
- Familiar appeal to a stranger.
Remember the first value of the analyzed definition. We will need this later in order to understand the difference between him and the noun “friend”. Of course, for the same purpose it would be possible to look into the explanatory dictionary again, but this move will not bring us happiness, since the dictionary gives a rather vague comment on this subject: "A friend is a person who is connected with someone's friendship." Such information is unlikely to make our lives easier. But in any case, in the end, everything will become clear.
Synonyms
Understanding the meaning of a word almost always consists of two steps: firstly, understanding the meaning, and secondly, mastering similar words. We will not back off this time from the proven scheme. So, the list of synonyms is as follows:
- acquaintance;
- friend;
- sidekick;
- corefan;
- old time.
The list is a little strange, because any person who hasn’t even plunged into the linguistic depths and did not analyze language delights knows: a friend is not a friend. Yes that's right. But language, on the one hand, is plus or minus objective education, and on the other hand, deeply subjective. A friend, as a concept, can be extremely broad, or maybe narrow. Depending on who the person is talking with. For an outsider, everyone with whom you greeted in a particular situation are your friends. When a person himself divides people into groups, the alignment may be different. However, we need examples for clarification.
Nodding acquaintance
The dictionary says that phraseological unit means a close acquaintance. The answer is simple: in the century before last, wealthy men wore hats, which it was customary to lift, if they saw a friend. Moreover, there was a certain hierarchy. Friends raised their hats at a meeting, friends - shook hands, relatives or
close friends - hugged.
And this means, in turn, that everything is not so simple. Friend and pal are not synonyms. By the way, for some reason, many phraseologism “hat acquaintance” causes difficulties in perception. Perhaps this is because men's hats are almost out of fashion now.
The acquaintance is the person whom you periodically see, but do not really know anything about him, except for the name, of course. Usually we are a little better informed about a friend and friend.
Difference between friend or buddy
This question really should not cause difficulties. Do you know why psychological consultations are flourishing in America, but people still cannot understand why, in fact, psychologists are needed? In America, almost every competitor, therefore, having chatted something, a person cannot feel safe. But the psychologist or psychoanalyst will not give out secrets, because otherwise it will lose its license. In this sense, a Russian person does not formally approach the question of how things are going when they meet.
We do not hide the fact that we repeat the late MN Zadornov. But this is true: a friend is a close person with the function of a psychoanalyst or psychologist to whom you can entrust your secrets. A buddy is someone with whom they usually spend time without diving into their personal.
It is gratifying to note that even the rapid Westernization of our way of life does not reflect too much on this pair of concepts - “friend” and “friend”. True, there is only one trouble: there is not enough time for friendship.
And there is such a phrase as "old friend", which should also be said a few words. It is actually analogous in meaning to a friend, because the one we know for a long time, even if not very close, becomes for us more than a friend who is friendly. Someone might say that time means nothing. But habit is a great power, and it is not always necessary to understand this in a negative way.
We examined the word "buddy." We hope that there will be no more problems with its use.