Favel vs Favela - What's the difference?
favel | favela |
(obsolete) flattery; cajolery; deceit
A slum or shantytown, especially in Brazil
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As nouns the difference between favel and favela
is that favel is (obsolete) flattery; cajolery; deceit or favel can be a horse of a favel or dun colour while favela is a slum or shantytown, especially in brazil.As an adjective favel
is yellow or dun in colour.favel
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) favele, from (etyl) fabella short fable, diminutive of (fabula). See (fable).Noun
- (Skeat)
Etymology 2
(etyl) fauvel, favel, diminutive of (etyl) fauve; of German oigin. See fallow (adjective).favela
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(wikipedia favela)Noun
(en noun)- Nine people have been shot dead in Rio de Janeiro during a power struggle for control of one of the city's notorious favelas , or slums. - Nine killed in shootout.
- The favela is now the model for most of the world's cities, as vast numbers of people continue to migrate to them in order to survive.