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Favorable vs Preferred - What's the difference?

favorable | preferred |

As adjectives the difference between favorable and preferred

is that favorable is pleasing, encouraging or approving while preferred is favoured.

As a verb preferred is

(prefer).

As a noun preferred is

(finance) preferred stock.

favorable

English

Alternative forms

* favourable

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • pleasing, encouraging or approving
    • The candidate wearing the business suite made a favorable impression.
  • useful or helpful
    • We made quick progress, due to favorable winds.
  • convenient or at a suitable time; opportune
    • The rain stopped at a favourable time for our tennis match.
  • auspicious or lucky
    • She says that she was born under a favorable star.

    Synonyms

    * (pleasing ): approving, encouraging, good, pleasing * (useful ): advantageous, helpful, useful * (opportune ): convenient, good, handy, opportune, suitable * (auspicious ): auspicious, fortunate, lucky

    Antonyms

    * (pleasing ): bad, discouraging, displeasing, unfavorable * (useful ): unhelpful * (opportune ): bad, inconvenient, inopportune, unsuitable * (auspicious ): inauspicious, unfavourable, unlucky

    Derived terms

    * unfavorable

    Related terms

    * favor * favorably ----

    preferred

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (prefer)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • favoured

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (finance) Preferred stock.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2008, date=March 30, author=Gretchen Morgenson, title=If You Can’t Sell, Good Luck, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Naturally, closed-end funds’ common shareholders love the juice that auction-rate preferreds provide.}}