Enjoy vs Favorite - What's the difference?
enjoy | favorite |
To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
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* Bible, Numbers xxxvi. 8
* 1988 , Harry G Frankfurt, The importance of what we care about: philosophical essays
To have sexual intercourse with.
Preferred.
Preferred one, one with special favor
Expected or most probable to win.
(Internet) To bookmark.
(Internet) To add to one's list of favorites on a website that allows users to compile such lists.
As verbs the difference between enjoy and favorite
is that enjoy is to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something while favorite is .As an adjective favorite is
preferred.As a noun favorite is
preferred one, one with special favor.enjoy
English
Verb
(en verb)Geothermal Energy, volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.}}
- that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers
- This account fails to provide any basis for doubting that animals of subhuman species enjoy the freedom it defines.
- (Milton)
Usage notes
* This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . SeeDerived terms
* enjoyable * enjoyment * to enjoy oneselffavorite
English
(wikipedia favorite)Alternative forms
* (British English) favouriteAdjective
(en adjective)- That is my favorite flavor of ice cream. I'd eat it daily if I could.
Antonyms
* (preferred) (l), (l)Noun
(en noun)- The teacher's favorite always went first.
- He's the favorite , he'll probably be elected.