1. Character Quotes
  2. favour vs favouritism

different between favour vs favouritism

favour

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?fe?.v?/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?fe?.v?/
  • Rhymes: -e?v?(?)
  • Hyphenation: fa?vour

Noun

favour (countable and uncountable, plural favours)

  1. (British spelling) Standard spelling of favor.

Derived terms

  • out of favour

Translations

Verb

favour (third-person singular simple present favours, present participle favouring, simple past and past participle favoured)

  1. (British spelling) Standard spelling of favor.
    • 1611, KJV, Luke 1:28:
      "And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women." —

Usage notes

  • Favour is the standard British and Commonwealth spelling. Favor is the standard American spelling, and an alternative in Canada.

Translations

Old French

Noun

favour f (oblique plural favours, nominative singular favour, nominative plural favours)

  1. Late Anglo-Norman spelling of favor

favour From the web:

  • what favours the production of peat
  • what favourite
  • what favours the brave
  • what flavour
  • what favours the bold
  • what favourite colour says about you
  • what favourite colour
  • what favourite food

favouritism

English

Alternative forms

  • favoritism (US)

Etymology

favourite +? -ism

Noun

favouritism (countable and uncountable, plural favouritisms)

  1. (British spelling) The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another.

Translations

favouritism From the web:

  • favouritism meaning
  • what is favouritism in the workplace
  • what is favouritism and nepotism
  • what causes favouritism
  • what is favouritism in the bible
  • what is favouritism pdf
  • what is favouritism in government
  • what is favouritism examples
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share

you may also like

Copyright © 2024 Quotes