Favouring vs. Favoring — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Favouring and Favoring
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Definitions
Favouring
Present participle of favour
Favoring
A gracious, friendly, or obliging act that is freely granted
Do someone a favor.
Favoring
Friendly or favorable regard; approval or support
Won the favor of the monarch.
Looked with favor on the plan.
Favoring
A state of being held in such regard
A style currently in favor.
Favoring
Unfair partiality; favoritism
The referees were warned not to show favor to either team.
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Favoring
A privilege or concession
Had the favor of talking with her for an hour.
Favoring
Favors Permission to engage in sexual activity, especially when granted by a woman to a male partner.
Favoring
Something given as a token of love, affection, or remembrance.
Favoring
A small decorative gift given to each guest at a party.
Favoring
Advantage; benefit
Sailed under favor of cloudless skies.
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Favoring
Behalf; interest
An error in our favor.
Favoring
(Obsolete) A communication, especially a letter.
Favoring
Aspect or appearance.
Favoring
Countenance; face.
Favoring
(Obsolete) A facial feature.
Favoring
To perform a kindness or service for; oblige.
Favoring
To have a liking for; be partial to; prefer
Favored coffee over tea at breakfast.
Favored the suitor with the quick wit.
Favoring
To approve, advocate, or support
Economists who favor free trade.
Favoring
To show partiality or unfair preference to
Thought the law favored men over women.
Favoring
To believe to be most likely to succeed
The Tigers are favored to win the championship.
Favoring
To be advantageous to; make more likely to be successful
Darkness favored their escape. The climate favors conifers.
Favoring
To speed up or otherwise increase the success of (a chemical process or pathway)
Increasing the pressure favors the reaction.
Favoring
To treat with care; be gentle with
Favored my wounded leg.
Favoring
Chiefly Southern US To resemble in appearance
She favors her father.
Favoring
To resemble another in appearance
She and her father favor.
Favoring
Present participle of favor
Favoring
That favors.
Favoring
Supporting a policy or attitude etc;
An affirmative argument
