Honour vs Favour - What's the difference?
honour | favour | Synonyms |
Favour has no English definition.
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Favour is likely misspelled.
Favour has no English definition.
As a noun honour
is standard spelling of honor|from=British|from2=AU|from3=NZ|from4=Canada|from5=Ireland|from6=South Africa.As a verb honour
is standard spelling of honor|from=British|from2=AU|from3=NZ|from4=Canada|from5=Ireland|from6=South Africa.As a proper noun Honour
is {{given name|female|from=English}}, a less common spelling of Honor.honour
English
Noun
- Come to Him, the ever-living Stone, rejected indeed by men as worthless, but in God's esteem chosen and held in honour .
- If she have forgot / Honour and virtue.
- Godlike erect, with native honour clad.
favour
English
Noun
(en noun)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)- "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." —
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.”}}
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.}}