different between admire vs savor

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French admirer, from Latin adm?ror, from ad + m?ror (“wonder at”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?ma??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?ma??/
• Hyphenation: ad?mire
• Rhymes: -a??(?)

Verb

admire (third-person singular simple present admires, present participle admiring, simple past and past participle admired)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To be amazed at; to view with surprise; to marvel at.
   • 1640, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State

     examples rather to be admired than imitated

2. (transitive) To regard with wonder and delight.
3. (transitive) To look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love or reverence.
4. (transitive) To estimate or value highly; to hold in high esteem.
6. (US, dialectal, rare) To be enthusiastic about (doing something); to want or like (to do something). (Sometimes followed by to.)
   • 1976, Field & Stream, page 10:

     And I'd admire seeing this creek become a sort of stopping place for geese of one sort and another.

   • 2002, Jack Jones, Iron Spur (?ISBN), page 37:

     “I hope you do. I'd admire seeing a lot of you.” They made camp down at the creek. Will spread her blanket not too far from his. “Well, aren't you a lady's man.” “Why do you say that?”

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Merida, Mérida, admier, mierda, raimed

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• • IPA^(key): /ad?mire/
  • Hyphenation: ad?mi?re
  • Rhymes: -ire

Adverb

admire

1. admiringly

French

Verb

admire

1. first-person singular present indicative of admirer
2. third-person singular present indicative of admirer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of admirer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of admirer
5. second-person singular imperative of admirer

Anagrams

• damier, médira, merdai, Mérida

Portuguese

Verb

admire

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of admirar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of admirar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of admirar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of admirar

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ad?mire]

Verb

admire

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of admira
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of admira

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?ma?r/

Verb

admire (third-person singular present admires, present participle admirin, past admired, past participle admired)

1. to admire, marvel at
2. to surprise, astonish

References

• Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad?mi?e/, [að??mi.?e]

Verb

admire

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of admirar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of admirar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of admirar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of admirar.

English

Etymology 1

Noun

savor (plural savors)

1. US standard spelling of savour.
   • 1900, New York (State) Legislature, Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York, page 774, syllabus of the department of public instruction:

     Taste gives knowledge of the savors of material things. Touch gives knowledge of form, smoothness, roughness, hardness, softness, pressure, temperature. Hearing gives knowledge of sound and distinguishes noises, musical tones, [...]

Etymology 2

Verb

savor (third-person singular simple present savors, present participle savoring, simple past and past participle savored)

1. US standard spelling of savour.
   • 1915, John Burroughs, The Writings of John Burroughs:

     An explanation of life phenomena that savors of the laboratory and chemism repels me, and an explanation that savors of the theological point of view is equally distasteful to me. I crave and seek a natural explanation of all phenomena ...

Anagrams

• 'sarvo, VAROs, Voras, arvos, sarvo

Ido

Verb

savor

1. future infinitive of savar

Old French

Noun

savor f (oblique plural savors, nominative singular savor, nominative plural savors)

1. Alternative form of savour