1) People; 2) Politics and International Relationships; 2) Commercial Relationships between Companies ...that can be both partners (customer, vendor, etc.) and competitors at the same time. These type of relationships grow more common in times of great change and make for uneasy relations. More generally, frenemy also refers to two opposing parties, be it in personal relationships or in large scale interaction between nations, organizations, political parties, etc., that are mutually beneficial, yet are at odds to be mutually destructive
(friend + enemy) Someone who you have a friendly relationship with but is really an enemy or competitor: "The office is full of frenemies."
frenemy
Этимология
() A portmanteau word, blending "friend" and "enemy". Likely to have been invented independently multiple times.