> For less introverted people, "friend" and "acquaintance" are more-or-less synonymous. Ask any of those less introverted people to name someone who's an acqua

> For less introverted people, "friend" and "acquaintance" are more-or-less synonymous. Ask any of those less introverted people to name someone who's an acquaintance but not a friend, I bet they come up with a name showing that when pressed, they can make the distinction and do have different meanings for those words. I do not believe there are people who cannot make that distinction.