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Favour vs Indebted - What's the difference?

favour | indebted |

Favour is likely misspelled.


Favour has no English definition.

As a verb indebted is

past tense of indebt.

As an adjective indebted is

obligated, especially financially.

favour

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=29, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Unspontaneous combustion , passage=Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia.}}

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • * 1611 , :
    • "And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured , the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women." —
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
    • , chapter=5, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=The departure was not unduly prolonged. In the road Mr. Love and the driver favoured the company with a brief chanty running. “Got it?—No, I ain't, 'old on,—Got it? Got it?—No, 'old on sir.”}}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=6 citation , passage=Even in an era when individuality in dress is a cult, his clothes were noticeable. He was wearing a hard hat of the low round kind favoured by hunting men, and with it a black duffle-coat lined with white.}}

    Usage notes

    * is the standard American spelling, and an alternative in Canada. ----

    indebted

    English

    Alternative forms

    * endebted (obsolete)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (indebt)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Obligated, especially financially.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 15 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Liverpool 1 - 1 Man Utd , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=And Ferguson was largely indebted to young keeper David de Gea, who has had his critics this season but made crucial saves to keep United in contention as they came under concerted pressure in the closing stages.}}

    Synonyms

    * beholden * obliged