different between favour vs reputation

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

English

Etymology

14c. "credit, good reputation", Latin reputationem (“consideration, thinking over”), noun of action from past participle stem of reputo (“reflect upon, reckon, count over”), from the prefix re- (“again”) + puto (“reckon, consider”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???pj??te???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

reputation (countable and uncountable, plural reputations)

1. What somebody is known for.

Usage notes

• Adjectives often applied to "reputation": good, great, excellent, bad, stellar, tarnished, evil, damaged, dubious, spotless, terrible, ruined, horrible, lost, literary, corporate, global, personal, academic, scientific, posthumous, moral, artistic.

Synonyms

• name

Derived terms

• reputational

Related terms

• repute

Translations

Further reading

• reputation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• reputation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• “repute” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• putoranite, tau protein

Middle French

Noun

reputation f (plural reputations)

1. reputation