Difference between Fellow and Familiar

What is the difference between Fellow and Familiar?

Fellow as an adjective is having common characteristics; being of the same kind, or in the same group while Familiar as an adjective is known to one.

Fellow

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To suit with; to pair with; to match.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having common characteristics; being of the same kind, or in the same group

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A companion; a comrade; an associate; a partner; a sharer. A man without good breeding or worth; an ignoble or mean man. An equal in power, rank, character, etc. One of a pair, or of two things used together or suited to each other; a mate; the male. A person; an individual. In the English universities, a scholar who is appointed to a foundation called a fellowship, which gives a title to certain perquisites and privileges. 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. A member of a literary or scientific society; as, a Fellow of the Royal Society. The most senior rank or title one can achieve on a technical career in certain companies (though some fellows also hold business titles such as vice president or chief technology officer). This is typically found in large corporations in research and development-intensive industries (IBM or Sun Microsystems in information technology, and Boston Scientific in Medical Devices for example). They appoint a small number of senior scientists and engineers as Fellows.

Example sentence: A Conservative is a fellow who is standing athwart history yelling 'Stop!'

Familiar

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An attendant spirit often in animal form.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Known to one.Acquainted.Intimate or friendly.Inappropriately intimate or friendly.

Example sentence: Nature is a temple in which living columns sometimes emit confused words. Man approaches it through forests of symbols, which observe him with familiar glances.

We hope you now know whether to use Fellow or Familiar in your sentence.

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