Buddy vs. Dude

Buddynoun

A friend or casual acquaintance.

Buddynoun

A partner for a particular activity.

Buddynoun

An informal and friendly address to a stranger; a friendly placeholder name for a person one does not know.

Buddyverb

(transitive) To assign a buddy, or partner, to.

Buddyadjective

Resembling a bud.

Buddynoun

a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities

Dudenoun

A man, generally a younger man.

Dudenoun

A term of address for someone, typically a man, particularly when cautioning him or offering him advice.

Dudenoun

An inexperienced cowboy.

Dudenoun

(slang) A tourist.

Dudenoun

(archaic) A man who is very concerned about his dress and appearance; a dandy, a fop.

Dudeinterjection

(slang) A term of address, usually for a man, conveying awe, excitement, surprise, etc.

Dudeverb

To address someone as dude.

Dudeverb

To take a vacation in a dude ranch.

Dudeverb

(US) Usually followed by up: to dress up, to wear smart or special clothes.

Dudenoun

A kind of dandy; especially, one characterized by an ultrafashionable style of dress and other affectations.

Dudenoun

a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance

Dudenoun

a man; a guy (often as a form of address)

Dudenoun

a stylish and confident person

Dudenoun

a city-dweller, especially one holidaying on a ranch in the western US.

Dudeverb

dress up elaborately

Dude

Dude is English slang (originally American English) for an individual, typically male. From the 1870s to the 1960s, dude primarily meant a person who dressed in an extremely fashionable manner (a dandy) or a conspicuous citified person who was visiting a rural location, a .