Favorite
Favorite adjective - Singled out from a number or group as more to one's liking.
Usage example: mint chocolate chip is my favorite flavor of ice cream
Picked and favorite are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Picked" instead an adjective "Favorite".
Nearby Words: favored, favoritism
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Ron Perlman is Hannibal Chau (Invoked Trope; it's a mash-up of his favorite historical figure and his second favorite restaurant, he just picked the name because it sounded cool).
Source: Awesome Mc Coolname / Film - In a special episode of Siskel & Ebert in which the critics pick their all time favorite scenes of specific genres, Gene Siskel picked for Best Musical Scene the dancing contest scene from Saturday Night Fever.
Source: Saw "Star Wars" 27 Times -
The ending implies that the patriarch has already picked his favorite and unfavorite grandsons.
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