Flavour vs. Favor
Flavour and Favor Definitions
Flavour
Variant of flavor.
Favor
A gracious, friendly, or obliging act that is freely granted
Do someone a favor.
Flavour
Standard spelling of flavor#Noun
The flavour of this apple pie is delicious.
Flavour was added to the pudding.
What flavour of bubble gum do you enjoy?
The flavour of an experience.
Debian is one flavour of the Linux operating system.
Favor
Friendly or favorable regard; approval or support
Won the favor of the monarch.
Looked with favor on the plan.
Flavour
Standard spelling of flavor#Verb
Favor
A state of being held in such regard
A style currently in favor.
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Flavour
The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people;
The feel of the city excited him
A clergyman improved the tone of the meeting
It had the smell of treason
Favor
Unfair partiality; favoritism
The referees were warned not to show favor to either team.
Flavour
(physics) the kinds of quarks and antiquarks
Favor
A privilege or concession
Had the favor of talking with her for an hour.
Flavour
The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
Favor
Favors Permission to engage in sexual activity, especially when granted by a woman to a male partner.
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Flavour
Lend flavor to;
Season the chicken breast after roasting it
Favor
Something given as a token of love, affection, or remembrance.
Favor
A small decorative gift given to each guest at a party.
Favor
Advantage; benefit
Sailed under favor of cloudless skies.
Favor
Behalf; interest
An error in our favor.
Favor
(Obsolete) A communication, especially a letter.
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Favor
Aspect or appearance.
Favor
Countenance; face.
Favor
(Obsolete) A facial feature.
Favor
To perform a kindness or service for; oblige.
Favor
To have a liking for; be partial to; prefer
Favored coffee over tea at breakfast.
Favored the suitor with the quick wit.
Favor
To approve, advocate, or support
Economists who favor free trade.
Favor
To show partiality or unfair preference to
Thought the law favored men over women.
Favor
To believe to be most likely to succeed
The Tigers are favored to win the championship.
Favor
To be advantageous to; make more likely to be successful
Darkness favored their escape. The climate favors conifers.
Favor
To speed up or otherwise increase the success of (a chemical process or pathway)
Increasing the pressure favors the reaction.
Favor
To treat with care; be gentle with
Favored my wounded leg.
Favor
Chiefly Southern US To resemble in appearance
She favors her father.
Favor
To resemble another in appearance
She and her father favor.
Favor
A kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone).
He did me a favor when he took the time to drive me home.
Favor
Goodwill; benevolent regard.
She enjoyed the queen's favor.
To fall out of favor
Favor
A small gift; a party favor.
At the holiday dinner, the hosts had set a favor by each place setting.
A marriage favour is a bunch or knot of white ribbons or white flowers worn at a wedding.
Favor
Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity.
Favor
The object of regard; person or thing favoured.
Favor
(obsolete) Appearance; look; countenance; face.
Favor
(legal) Partiality; bias
Favor
(archaic) A letter, a written communication.
Favor
(obsolete) Anything worn publicly as a pledge of a woman's favor.
Favor
(obsolete) A ribbon or similar small item that is worn as an adornment, especially in celebration of an event.
Favor
To look upon fondly; to prefer.
Favor
To use more often.
Favor
To encourage, conduce to
Favor
To do a favor [noun sense 1] for; to show beneficence toward.
Would you favor us with a poetry reading?
Favor
To treat with care.
Favoring your sore leg will only injure the other one.
Favor
To resemble; especially, to look like (another person).
Favor
Kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly disposition; kindness; good will.
Hath crawled into the favor of the king.
Favor
The act of countenancing, or the condition of being countenanced, or regarded propitiously; support; promotion; befriending.
But found no favor in his lady's eyes.
And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.
Favor
A kind act or office; kindness done or granted; benevolence shown by word or deed; an act of grace or good will, as distinct from justice or remuneration.
Beg one favor at thy gracious hand.
Favor
Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity.
I could not discover the lenity and favor of this sentence.
Favor
The object of regard; person or thing favored.
All these his wondrous works, but chiefly man,His chief delight and favor.
Favor
A gift or present; something bestowed as an evidence of good will; a token of love; a knot of ribbons; something worn as a token of affection; as, a marriage favor is a bunch or knot of white ribbons or white flowers worn at a wedding.
Wear thou this favor for me, and stick it in thy cap.
Favor
Appearance; look; countenance; face.
This boy is fair, of female favor.
Favor
Partiality; bias.
Favor
A letter or epistle; - so called in civility or compliment; as, your favor of yesterday is received.
Favor
Love locks.
But, with your favor, I will treat it here.
Favor
To regard with kindness; to support; to aid, or to have the disposition to aid, or to wish success to; to be propitious to; to treat with consideration or tenderness; to show partiality or unfair bias towards.
O happy youth! and favored of the skies.
He that favoreth Joab, . . . let him go after Joab.
[The painter] has favored her squint admirably.
Favor
To afford advantages for success to; to facilitate; as, a weak place favored the entrance of the enemy.
Favor
To resemble in features; to have the aspect or looks of; as, the child favors his father.
The porter owned that the gentleman favored his master.
Favor
An act of gracious kindness
Favor
An advantage to the benefit of someone or something;
The outcome was in his favor
Favor
An inclination to approve;
That style is in favor this season
Favor
A feeling of favorable regard
Favor
Souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party
Favor
Promote over another;
He favors his second daughter
Favor
Consider as the favorite;
The local team was favored
Favor
Treat gently or carefully
Favor
Bestow a privilege upon
