Favor and Pet

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Favor verb - To do a service or favor for.

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Pet and favor are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pet" instead a verb "Favor".

Nearby Words: favored, favoring, favorer

Pet verb - To touch or handle in a tender or loving manner.

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Favor and pet are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Favor" instead a verb "Pet".

Nearby Words: petted, petting

It doesn't help that they're all more concerned with earning favor with the Tsar and proving their pet theories than actually winning the war.

Source: Armchair Military
In Finnish, the term for this kind of thing is "karhunpalvelus", or "bear's favor", which comes from a folk tale about a man with a pet bear.

Source: Tragically Misguided Favor
And in the same line of AFV, the newer show It Only Hurts When I Laugh exists on Tru TV specifically to get away from the unfunny baby and pet clips, specifically in favor of more clips like this.

Source: Groin Attack / Live-Action TV

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