Favorite vs Endearment - What's the difference?
favorite | endearment |
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.
The act or process of endearing, of causing (something or someone) to be loved or to be the object of affection.
* 1913 , , The Vision Splendid , ch. 20:
The state or characteristic of being endeared.
* 1855 , , North and South , ch. 38:
An expression of affection.
* 1902 , , The Conqueror , ch. 18:
As nouns the difference between favorite and endearment
is that favorite is preferred one, one with special favor while endearment is the act or process of endearing, of causing (something or someone) to be loved or to be the object of affection.As an adjective favorite
is preferred.As a verb favorite
is .favorite
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.
Synonyms
* (expected to win) top dogAntonyms
* (preferred) (l)Verb
(favorit)Antonyms
* (add to a list of favorites) (l) ----endearment
English
Alternative forms
* indearmentNoun
(en noun)- Every step of that walk led Jeff deeper into an excursion of endearment . It was amazingly true that he trod beside her an acknowledged friend, a secret lover.
- He could not forget the fond and earnest look that had passed between her and some other man—the attitude of familiar confidence, if not of positive endearment .
- When they were alone he called him "my boy," an endearment he never gave another.