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Favourable vs Serviceable - What's the difference?

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Favourable is a related term of serviceable.


As adjectives the difference between favourable and serviceable

is that favourable is pleasing, encouraging or approving while serviceable is easy to service.

favourable

English

Alternative forms

* favorable (chiefly US )

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • pleasing, encouraging or approving
    • The candidate wearing the business suit made a favourable impression.
  • useful or helpful
    • We made quick progress, due to favourable 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 favourable 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, unfavourable * (useful ): unhelpful * (opportune ): bad, inconvenient, inopportune, unsuitable * (auspicious ): inauspicious, unfavourable, unlucky

    Derived terms

    * unfavourable

    Related terms

    * favour * favourably

    serviceable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Easy to service.
  • Repairable instead of disposable.
  • In condition for use.
  • *1719- , (w), (Robinson Crusoe)
  • *:I employed myself in making, as well as I could, a great many baskets, both to carry earth or to carry or lay up anything, as I had occasion; and though I did not finish them very handsomely, yet I made them sufficiently serviceable for my purpose...
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  • *:There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.

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