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What differentiates a friend from an acquaintance? When does one become the other?

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[info]kisa_senpai Writer's Block: Friends and acquaintences
Difference between a Friend and an Acquaintance is that a Friend is someone who actually, truely really cares about you.  Someone you can tell your secrets to, someone who listens in time of need
 
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[info]ljswritersblock Writer's Block: Friends and acquaintences
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[info]newbridgetann Writer's Block: Friends and acquaintences
An acquaintance is just someone you have met. You know their name, they know yours. You would feel comfortable approaching them in a casual setting and can easily make small talk with them, but would
 
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[info]fluffy_geenz Writer's Block: Friends and acquaintences

When we can talk without awkward silences or have one another's contact details.
If Ive known them long enough, if I hang out with them or if both of us are nice to one another. If I have ever confided
 
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[info]manduuhhhlooove Writer's Block: Friends and acquaintences
friend-  someone whose always there for you,  who will always  be there for you. who you
talk to almost conisistantly throughout a specific period of time.

acquaintance- someone you say h
 
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[info]mlstillwater Writer's Block: Friends and acquaintences


I think there's a certain level of trust that makes an acquaintance a friend. Because I feel like with an acquaintance a mutual respect and like for each other has already been established, but reall
 
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[info]suscitate Writer's Block: Friends and acquaintences
An acquaintance is someone you have met a few times and may or may not hang out with outside of the chosen venue you have seen them in.  A friend, however, is someone you have a specific need f
 
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[info]ginny_love1 Writer's Block: Friends and acquaintences
So to me the differance is simple an acquaintance is someone who you speak to be polite or in passing but a real friend is someone who you trust to your deepest secrets and you know they would never t
 
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[info]magical_daniel Writer's Block: Friends and acquaintences

Friends are people that you truly care about, and actually waver from your own life for. Acquaintances are more or less people that you know a few things about, and interact with sometimes.
 
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[info]samxskii Writer's Block: Friends and acquaintences

To me, what differentiates a friend from an acquaintance is the fact that someone you call a FRIEND is someone you can go to for something, that is almost anything. A friend is someone who you can see
 
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[info]samy_baby_11 Writer's Block: Friends and acquaintences
The difference between a friend and an acquaintance is easy. Someone you see randomly and say hi to but really know nothing about is an acquaintance. A friend is someone who knows almost everything ab
 
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[info]leannelogelin Writer's Block: Friends and acquaintences


A friend is different from an acquaintance in my opinion when they know your family, know who you are and what you've been through, and who you can just be silly with. An acquaintance is someone that
 
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[info]micaxren Writer's Block: Friends and acquaintences

What differentiates a friend from an acquaintance? When does one become the other?

 



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Acquaintance you either don't get close to or don't knw well.. Afriend know
 
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[info]silveredge123 Writer's Block: Friends and acquaintences
i say that someone who can go with you through thick and thin, through perils and happiness is a friend. an acquaintance is a random person you've met... probably someone who was introduced to you and
 
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[info]r_hr_fan Writer's Block: Friends and acquaintences
Differences between friends and acquaintances:  a friend is, obviously, someone close to you; a friend knows your secrets and won't tell; a friend gives advice, even when he/ she has never be
 
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[info]itsmylifesoblah Writer's Block: Friends and acquaintences
 Acquaintance - someone that I know for business or casually personally.  Someone that I just chit-chat with and hang with.

Friend - someone that I call when I'm truly upset.  Someo
 
[info]foxykitty0988 Writer's Block: Friends and acquaintences
 A friend is someone you know everything about and that you could tell everything to. An acquaintance is someone you just randomly met and that you know nothing about. You hardly know anything ab
 
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[info]sylviagrace Writer's Block: Friends and acquaintences


I found this from the archives, and I don't have an answer at the moment. I don't think there's a fine line, I think it's sort of a gradient of closer and further friends. Different people play diff
 
[info]lemauvaisamant Writer's Block: Friends and acquaintences

A friend is the one you call because you saw something funny and wanted to share it.  An acquaintance is someone you run into from time to time, make plans to "get together", and seldom keep thos

 

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