Friendship

Friendship is a human relationship which involves mutual knowledge, esteem, and affection. Friends will welcome each other's company and exhibit loyalty towards each other, often to the point of putting the other's interest before one's own. Their tastes will be similar and may converge, and they will share enjoyable activities. They will also engage in mutually helping behavior, such as exchange of advice and the sharing of hardship.

Colloquial nomenclature

A number of colloquial terms have been used to describe friendship and the context in which a friendship is fostered. These are briefly described below.

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• A friend who supports others only when it is easy and convenient to do so is called a fair-weather friend.
• A friend who sticks by you through "thick and thin" is a true friend.
• A friend with whom you are sexually intimate but don't consider yourself to be dating is said to be a Casual relationship.