Definitions
- Describing a preference for something or someone over another. - Referring to an inclination towards a particular idea or action. - Talking about supporting or promoting a particular cause or candidate.
- Referring to the act of giving permission or consent to something. - Describing a positive evaluation or assessment of something. - Talking about supporting or endorsing a particular decision or action.
List of Similarities
- 1Both words express a positive attitude towards something.
- 2Both words involve showing support or agreement.
- 3Both words can be used in formal and informal contexts.
- 4Both words can be used to describe a person's attitude or behavior towards something.
What is the difference?
- 1Focus: Favouring emphasizes a personal preference or inclination, while approving focuses on evaluating or endorsing something.
- 2Action: Favouring implies a potential action or decision based on personal preference, while approving implies a decision or action that has already been made.
- 3Intensity: Favouring can be a mild preference or inclination, while approving implies a stronger positive evaluation or endorsement.
- 4Usage: Favouring is less commonly used than approving in everyday language.
- 5Connotation: Favouring can have a negative connotation of bias or unfairness, while approving is generally positive and supportive.
Remember this!
Favouring and approving both express a positive attitude towards something, but they differ in focus, action, intensity, usage, and connotation. Favouring emphasizes personal preference or inclination, while approving focuses on evaluating or endorsing something. Favouring implies a potential action or decision based on personal preference, while approving implies a decision or action that has already been made. Favouring can be a mild preference or inclination, while approving implies a stronger positive evaluation or endorsement. Favouring is less commonly used than approving in everyday language, and it can have a negative connotation of bias or unfairness, while approving is generally positive and supportive.
