| In English and in France we use a bunch of different words that kind of quantify levels of friendship. This means that the word friendship is already subjective within a particular language. Here a some of the words: My friend, my palm, my buddy, my chum, my bff, my mate Mon ami, mon pot, mon copain, mon camarade, mon familier Here are some references to show how they relate to each other: http://www.wordreference.com/enfr/reverse/friend
http://www.wordreference.com/fren/reverse/pote Also there is a difference between a female friendship and male friendship usually. Men friends with other men barely talk about their problem, they're usually hanging out to escape their problems. I can't speak for women categorically but I feel they're more likely to discuss their issues with their female friends than men. There are far more factors in play too, such as culture, friends in the Australia for example may call each other cunts but in the USA that would probably not be a friendly thing to do even with your pals. My overarching point being that friendship means many things to many different people, regardless of even leaving a country, language or culture. So given the context of the world, it clearly has varying meanings. |