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Well-behaved vs Favorable - What's the difference?

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Well-behaved is a related term of favorable.


As adjectives the difference between well-behaved and favorable

is that well-behaved is (of a person or animal) having good manners and acting properly; conforming to standards of good behaviour; while favorable is pleasing, encouraging or approving.

well-behaved

Adjective

  • (of a person or animal) Having good manners and acting properly; conforming to standards of good behaviour;
  • :The boy is well behaved and is seldom naughty.
  • (mathematics) Having intuitive, easy to handle properties. Especially:
  • (mathematics) (of a function ) Having a finite derivative (of all orders) at all points, and having no discontinuities
  • Synonyms

    * well-mannered * seemly

    Antonyms

    * ill behaved * (mathematics) pathological

    favorable

    English

    Alternative forms

    * favourable

    Adjective

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

    Derived terms

    * unfavorable