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Favorite vs Enjoyed - What's the difference?

favorite | enjoyed |

As verbs the difference between favorite and enjoyed

is that favorite is while enjoyed is (enjoy).

As an adjective favorite

is preferred.

As a noun favorite

is preferred one, one with special favor.

favorite

Alternative forms

* (British English) favourite

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Preferred.
  • That is my favorite flavor of ice cream. I'd eat it daily if I could.

    Antonyms

    * (preferred) (l), (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Preferred one, one with special favor
  • The teacher's favorite always went first.
  • Expected or most probable to win.
  • He's the favorite , he'll probably be elected.

    Synonyms

    * (expected to win) top dog

    Antonyms

    * (preferred) (l)

    Verb

    (favorit)
  • (Internet) To bookmark.
  • (Internet) To add to one's list of favorites on a website that allows users to compile such lists.
  • Antonyms

    * (add to a list of favorites) (l) ----

    enjoyed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (enjoy)

  • enjoy

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author=(Henry Petroski)
  • , title= 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.}}
  • To have the use or benefit of something.
  • * Bible, Numbers xxxvi. 8
  • that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers
  • * 1988 , Harry G Frankfurt, The importance of what we care about: philosophical essays
  • This account fails to provide any basis for doubting that animals of subhuman species enjoy the freedom it defines.
  • To have sexual intercourse with.
  • (Milton)

    Usage notes

    * This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . See

    Derived terms

    * enjoyable * enjoyment * to enjoy oneself