Favour vs Popular - What's the difference?
favour | popular |
Favour has no English definition.
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, chapter=6 Common among the general public; generally accepted.
* 2007 , Joe Queenan, The Guardian , 23 Aug 2007:
(legal) Concerning the people; public.
Pertaining to or deriving from the people or general public.
* 1594 , (Richard Hooker), Preface :
* 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 645:
* 2009 , Graham Smith, The Guardian , letter, 27 May 2009:
(obsolete) Of low birth, not noble; vulgar, plebian.
*, II.17:
*:Popular and shallow-headed mindes, cannot perceive the grace or comelinesse, nor judge of a smooth and quaint discourse.
Aimed at ordinary people, as opposed to specialists etc.; intended for general consumption.
* 2009 , ‘Meltdown’, The Economist , 8 Apr 2009:
(obsolete) Cultivating the favour of the common people.
* Such popular humanity is treason. -
Liked by many people; generally pleasing, widely admired.
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, chapter=2, title= * 2011 , The Observer , 2 Oct.:
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, author=David S. Senchina, volume=101, issue=2, page=134, magazine=(American Scientist)
, title= Adapted to the means of the common people; cheap.
Favour is likely misspelled.
Favour has no English definition.
As an adjective popular is
common among the general public; generally accepted.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.}}
Usage notes
* is the standard American spelling, and an alternative in Canada. ----popular
English
(wikipedia popular)Adjective
(en adjective)- Contrary to popular misconception, MacArthur Park is not the worst song ever written.
- At the coming of Calvin thither, the form of their civil regiment was popular , as it continueth at this day: neither king, nor duke, nor nobleman of any authority or power over them, but officers chosen by the people out of themselves, to order all things with public consent.
- Luther in popular memory had become a saint, his picture capable of saving houses from burning down, if it was fixed to the parlour wall.
- Jonathan Freedland brilliantly articulates the size and nature of the challenge and we must take his lead in setting out a radical agenda for a new republic based on the principle of popular sovereignty.
- As a work of popular science it is exemplary: the focus may be the numbers, but most of the mathematical legwork is confined to the appendices and the accompanying commentary is amusing and witty, as well as informed.
Internal Combustion, passage=The popular late Middle Ages fictional character Robin Hood, dressed in green to symbolize the forest, dodged fines for forest offenses and stole from the rich to give to the poor. But his appeal was painfully real and embodied the struggle over wood.}}
- They might have split 24 years ago, but the Smiths remain as popular as ever, and not just among those who remember them first time around.
Athletics and Herbal Supplements, passage=Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.}}