What's the difference between confrere and fellow?

Confrere


Definition:

  • (n.) Fellow member of a fraternity; intimate associate.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A natural confrere of Pakistan's civilian president Asif Ali Zardari, Benazir Bhutto's widower and an instinctive ally of the west, Haqqani managed nevertheless to keep Pakistan's largely autonomous army on side, robustly defending its much criticised counterterrorism record and opposing CIA drone attacks in Pakistan's tribal areas.

Fellow


Definition:

  • (n.) A companion; a comrade; an associate; a partner; a sharer.
  • (n.) A man without good breeding or worth; an ignoble or mean man.
  • (n.) An equal in power, rank, character, etc.
  • (n.) One of a pair, or of two things used together or suited to each other; a mate; the male.
  • (n.) A person; an individual.
  • (n.) In the English universities, a scholar who is appointed to a foundation called a fellowship, which gives a title to certain perquisites and privileges.
  • (n.) In an American college or university, a member of the corporation which manages its business interests; also, a graduate appointed to a fellowship, who receives the income of the foundation.
  • (n.) A member of a literary or scientific society; as, a Fellow of the Royal Society.
  • (v. t.) To suit with; to pair with; to match.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) David Cameron last night hit out at his fellow world leaders after the G8 dropped the promise to meet the historic aid commitments made at Gleneagles in 2005 from this year's summit communique.
  • (2) Cook, who has postbox-red hair and a painful-looking piercing in his lower lip, was now on stage in discussion with four fellow YouTubers, all in their early 20s.
  • (3) His walkout reportedly meant his fellow foreign affairs select committee members could not vote since they lacked a quorum.
  • (4) Okawa, who became the world's oldest person last June following the death at 116 of fellow Japanese Jiroemon Kimura , was given a cake with just three candles at her nursing home in Osaka – one for each figure in her age.
  • (5) Stress may increase to an intolerable level with the number of tasks, with higher qualified work and due to the lack of familiarity with fellow workers in ever changing settings.
  • (6) Belmar and his fellow commanders spent the week before the grand jury decision assuring residents that 1,000 officers had been training for months to prepare for that day.
  • (7) We believe Oisin has a very exciting future at the BBC.” Clarkson, May and Hammond have signed up to launch a rival show on Amazon’s TV service , while Chris Evans is currently filming a new series of the BBC’s Top Gear show with fellow presenters Matt LeBlanc and Eddie Jordan.
  • (8) During a 1- to 9-year follow-up, central retinal vein occlusion developed in three fellow eyes (6%).
  • (9) However, internal divisions arose within the army, and by July 1985 Obote was once again on the ignominious road to exile, first to Kenya, and then to Zambia, where fellow independence leader Kenneth Kaunda allowed him to stay.
  • (10) But even if these proposals make it through the Scottish Labour party conference in Perth this weekend, they are unlikely to find much favour among fellow unionists or key opinion formers.
  • (11) Yu Xiangzhen, former Red Guard Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian Almost half a century on, it floods back: the hope, the zeal, the carefree autumn days riding the rails with fellow teenagers.
  • (12) In contrast, the activities were lower in the affected eyes of patients with herpetic keratitis and vernal conjunctivitis than in the fellow normal eyes.
  • (13) Behind the scenes, at least, it appears Anelka has proved a welcome addition to the club's ranks, with Berahino, who scored the visitors' third goal with a fizzing drive, praising the veteran as a positive influence on his fellow frontmen.
  • (14) The Telegraph's secret taping of Cable and fellow Liberal Democrat ministers while pretending to be concerned constituents has raised eyebrows in some media quarters, but the newspaper has claimed a "clear public interest" defence for its actions.
  • (15) The central hypothesis of our study, then, was that psychotic men, charged with misdemeanor offenses, would be incarcerated for significantly longer periods of time, prior to trial, than their nonpsychotic fellows.
  • (16) Members of the Ahmadiyya community, an Islamic sect, have faced persecution in other areas of Britain from some other Muslims who do not recognise them as fellow Muslims but Ahmedi said they had not had the same experience in Crawley – proof that it was a tolerant community.
  • (17) With the White House backing away and fellow Republicans openly considering successors, Mr Lott's hard-fought campaign to sit out the controversy appeared doomed.
  • (18) But Sanders, 73, rejected the idea his appeal is limited to voters on the left, boldly predicting on Wednesday that his message would appeal to both fellow independents and Republicans.
  • (19) December 3, 2013 And fellow presenters took the opportunity for some jokes at his expense.
  • (20) "But I suspect that some of my fellow Americans are indeed wondering who Buridan is, and what's up with his or her ass?

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