different between liberty vs favour
liberty
English
Etymology
From Middle English liberte, from Old French liberté, from Latin libertas (“freedom”), from liber (“free”); see liberal.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?l?b?ti/
Noun
liberty (countable and uncountable, plural liberties)
- The condition of being free from control or restrictions.
- The condition of being free from imprisonment, slavery or forced labour.
- The condition of being free to act, believe or express oneself as one chooses.
- Freedom from excessive government control.
- A short period when a sailor is allowed ashore.
- (often plural) A breach of social convention.
- A local division of government administration in medieval England.
- (game of Go) an empty space next to a group of stones of the same color.
Synonyms
- freedom
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- liberty in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- liberty in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- Liberty in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
- liberty on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Liberty (division) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Birtley, Tribley
Italian
Noun
liberty m (invariable)
- art nouveau
liberty From the web:
- what liberty means
- what liberty means to me
- what liberty dimes are worth money
- what liberty means to me essay
- what liberty quarters are worth money
- what liberty coins are worth money
- what liberty media owns
- what does it mean to have liberty
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)
- (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)
- (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." —
- 1611, KJV, Luke 1:28:
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)
- 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
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