favour vs tendency
tendency vs favourfavour and tendency both are nouns.
favour is a verb but tendency is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| favour | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| tendency | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
tendency is a hypernym of
favour; that is, tendency is a
word with a broader meaning than favour:
- favour: an inclination to approve
- tendency: an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
Other hypernyms of favour include
disposition, inclination.
| favour (noun) | tendency (noun) |
|---|---|
| an act of gracious kindness | a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect |
| souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party | an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others |
| an advantage to the benefit of someone or something | an inclination to do something |
| an inclination to approve | a general direction in which something tends to move |
| a feeling of favorable regard |
| favour (verb) | tendency (verb) |
|---|---|
| consider as the favorite | |
| promote over another | |
| treat gently or carefully | |
| bestow a privilege upon |
Words related to "favour"
- Australian spelling
- British spelling
- Canadian spelling
- advance
- advantage
- allow
- approval
- benignity
- consider
- countenance
- cracker
- cracker bonbon
- disposition
- elevate
- favor
- good turn
- inclination
- keepsake
- kick upstairs
- kindness
- let
- party favor
- party favour
- permit
- prefer
- privilege
- promote
- raise
- reckon
- regard
- relic
- save
- see
- snapper
- souvenir
- spare
- tendency
- token
- turn
- upgrade
- vantage
- view
Words related to "tendency"
- Call
- attitude
- bent
- buoyancy
- denominationalism
- desire
- devices
- direction
- disapproval
- disfavor
- disfavour
- dislike
- disposition
- dogmatism
- drift
- electronegativity
- favor
- favoritism
- favour
- favouritism
- heterosis
- hybrid vigor
- impartiality
- inclination
- leaning
- literalism
- mental attitude
- movement
- negativity
- nonpartisanship
- partiality
- partisanship
- perseveration
- predisposition
- proclivity
- propensity
- set
- stainability
- sympathy
- tend
- tendencious
- tendentious
- trend
- understanding
- way
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