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correspondent vs pen-friend

pen-friend vs correspondent

correspondent and pen-friend both are nouns.

correspondent is an adjective but pen-friend is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
correspondent Yes Yes No No
pen-friend Yes No No No
As nouns, pen-friend is a hyponym of correspondent; that is, pen-friend is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than correspondent:
  • correspondent: someone who communicates by means of letters
  • pen-friend: a person you come to know by frequent friendly correspondence
Other hyponyms of correspondent include pen pal.
correspondent (noun) pen-friend (noun)
someone who communicates by means of letters a person you come to know by frequent friendly correspondence
a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media
correspondent (adjective) pen-friend (adjective)
similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar
Difference between correspondent and pen-friend

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