Favor vs Fancy - What's the difference?
favor | fancy |
A kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone).
Goodwill; benevolent regard.
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A small gift; a party favor.
* Shakespeare
Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity.
* Jonathan Swift
The object of regard; person or thing favoured.
* Milton
(obsolete) Appearance; look; countenance; face.
* Shakespeare
(legal) Partiality; bias.
(archaic, polite) A letter.
(obsolete, in the plural) lovelocks
(transitive) To look upon fondly; to prefer.
* And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favored', the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. —, King James version, ' 1611
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, chapter=6 (transitive) To do a favor [noun sense 1] for; to show beneficence toward.
(transitive) To treat with care.
(transitive) To have a similar appearance, to look like another person.
The imagination.
* Milton
An image or representation of anything formed in the mind; conception; thought; idea.
* Shakespeare
An opinion or notion formed without much reflection; an impression.
* John Locke
A whim.
Love or amorous attachment.
The object of inclination or liking.
* Shakespeare
Any sport or hobby pursued by a group.
The enthusiasts of such a pursuit.
* De Quincey
A diamond with a distinctive colour.
That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value.
* Mortimer
(obsolete) A sort of love song or light impromptu ballad.
In the game of jacks, a style of play involving additional actions (contrasted with plainsies).
* 1970 , Marta Weigle, Follow my fancy: the book of jacks and jack games (page 22)
* 2002 , Elizabeth Dana Jaffe, ?Sherry L. Field, ?Linda D. Labbo, Jacks (page 26)
Decorative.
Of a superior grade.
Executed with skill.
(colloquial) Unnecessarily complicated.
(obsolete) Extravagant; above real value.
* Macaulay
(formal) To appreciate without jealousy or greed.
(British) would like
(British, informal) To be sexually attracted to.
(dated) To imagine, suppose.
* John Locke
* Thackeray
* 1895 , H. G. Wells, The Time Machine Chapter X
To form a conception of; to portray in the mind; to imagine.
* Dryden
To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners.
* Shakespeare
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between favor and fancy
is that favor is (obsolete) appearance; look; countenance; face while fancy is (obsolete) extravagant; above real value.As nouns the difference between favor and fancy
is that favor is a kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone) while fancy is the imagination.As verbs the difference between favor and fancy
is that favor is (transitive) to look upon fondly; to prefer while fancy is (formal) to appreciate without jealousy or greed.As an adjective fancy is
decorative.favor
English
Alternative forms
* favour (qualifier)Noun
(en noun)- A marriage favour is a bunch or knot of white ribbons or white flowers worn at a wedding.
- Wear thou this favour for me, and stick it in thy cap.
- I could not discover the lenity and favour of this sentence.
- All these his wondrous works, but chiefly man, / His chief delight and favour .
- This boy is fair, of female favour .
- (Bouvier)
- Your favour of yesterday is received.
- (Wright)
Usage notes
* Favor' is the standard US spelling, and an alternative in Canada. ' Favour is the standard spelling in Canada and outside North America. * English speakers usually "do' someone a favor" (rather than *"'''make''' them a favor", which would be sense 3 only). See for uses and meaning of ' favour collocated with these words.Derived terms
* in favor * in favor of * party favor * favoriteVerb
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Derived terms
* favorite (favourite) * favoritism (favouritism) * favorable (favourable) * favored (favoured) ----fancy
English
Alternative forms
* (all obsolete)Noun
(fancies)- In the soul / Are many lesser faculties, that serve / Reason as chief. Among these fancy next / Her office holds.
- How now, my lord! why do you keep alone, / Of sorriest fancies your companions making?
- I have always had a fancy that learning might be made a play and recreation to children.
- I had a fancy to learn to play the flute.
- He took a fancy to her.
- to fit your fancies to your father's will
- Trainspotting is the fancy of a special lot.
- the cat fancy
- He fell out of favor with the boxing fancy after the incident.
- a great book sale in London, which had congregated all the fancy
- London pride is a pretty fancy for borders.
- (Shakespeare)
- When you have mastered plainsies, the regular jack game, and have learned all the rules, you will be ready to use this part of the book. A fancy is a variation of plainsies which usually requires more skill than plainsies does.
- When you get good at jacks, try adding a fancy . A fancy is an extra round at the end of a game. It makes the game a little harder. Jack Be Nimble, Around the World, or Black Widow are some fancies.
Derived terms
* flight of fancy * tickle someone's fancyAdjective
(er)- This is a fancy shawl.
- This box contains bottles of the fancy grade of jelly.
- He initiated the game winning play with a fancy , deked saucer pass to the winger.
- I'm not keen on him and his fancy ideas.
- This anxiety never degenerated into a monomania, like that which led his [Frederick the Great's] father to pay fancy prices for giants.
Synonyms
* (decorative) decorative, ornate * (unnecessarily complicated) highfalutinAntonyms
* (decorative) plain, simple * (unnecessarily complicated) simpleVerb
(en-verb)- I fancy your new car, but I like my old one just fine.
- I fancy a burger tonight for dinner
- Do you fancy going to town this weekend?
- I fancy that girl over there.
- I fancy you'll want something to drink after your long journey.
- Fancy meeting you here!
- Fancy that! I saw Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy kissing in the garden.
- If our search has reached no farther than simile and metaphor, we rather fancy than know.
- He fancied he was welcome, because those around him were his kinsmen.
- I fancied at first the stuff was paraffin wax, and smashed the jar accordingly. But the odor of camphor was unmistakable.
- he whom I fancy , but can ne'er express
- We fancy not the cardinal.