Relieve vs Favor - What's the difference?
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To ease (a person, person's thoughts etc.) from mental distress; to stop (someone) feeling anxious or worried, to alleviate the distress of.
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To ease (someone, a part of the body etc.) or give relief from physical pain or discomfort.
To alleviate (pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.).
To provide comfort or assistance to (someone in need, especially in poverty).
(obsolete) To lift up; to raise again.
(legal) To free (someone) from debt or legal obligations; to give legal relief to.
To bring military help to (a besieged town); to lift the seige on.
To release (someone) from or of a difficulty, unwanted task, responsibility etc.
(military, job) To free (someone) from their post, task etc. by taking their place.
* 1819 , (Lord Byron), , III.76:
* 1927 , (Countee Cullen), From the Dark Tower :
(reflexive) To go to the toilet; to defecate or urinate.
A kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone).
Goodwill; benevolent regard.
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A small gift; a party favor.
* Shakespeare
Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity.
* Jonathan Swift
The object of regard; person or thing favoured.
* Milton
(obsolete) Appearance; look; countenance; face.
* Shakespeare
(legal) Partiality; bias.
(archaic, polite) A letter.
(obsolete, in the plural) lovelocks
(transitive) To look upon fondly; to prefer.
* And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favored', the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. —, King James version, ' 1611
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, chapter=6 (transitive) To do a favor [noun sense 1] for; to show beneficence toward.
(transitive) To treat with care.
(transitive) To have a similar appearance, to look like another person.
Relieve is a related term of favor.
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between relieve and favor
is that relieve is (obsolete) to lift up; to raise again while favor is (obsolete) appearance; look; countenance; face.In legal|lang=en terms the difference between relieve and favor
is that relieve is (legal) to free (someone) from debt or legal obligations; to give legal relief to while favor is (legal) partiality; bias.As verbs the difference between relieve and favor
is that relieve is to ease (a person, person's thoughts etc) from mental distress; to stop (someone) feeling anxious or worried, to alleviate the distress of while favor is (transitive) to look upon fondly; to prefer.As a noun favor is
a kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone).relieve
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Verb
(reliev)- This shall not relieve either Party of any obligations.
- The henna should be deeply dyed to make / The skin relieved appear more fairly fair [...].
- The night whose sable breast relieves the stark / White stars is no less lovely being dark
Synonyms
* (l)Derived terms
* relieve oneselfExternal links
* * ----favor
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Alternative forms
* favour (qualifier)Noun
(en noun)- A marriage favour is a bunch or knot of white ribbons or white flowers worn at a wedding.
- Wear thou this favour for me, and stick it in thy cap.
- I could not discover the lenity and favour of this sentence.
- All these his wondrous works, but chiefly man, / His chief delight and favour .
- This boy is fair, of female favour .
- (Bouvier)
- Your favour of yesterday is received.
- (Wright)
Usage notes
* Favor' is the standard US spelling, and an alternative in Canada. ' Favour is the standard spelling in Canada and outside North America. * English speakers usually "do' someone a favor" (rather than *"'''make''' them a favor", which would be sense 3 only). See for uses and meaning of ' favour collocated with these words.Derived terms
* in favor * in favor of * party favor * favoriteVerb
(en verb)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.}}