Favorite and Picked

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

Picked

Picked adjective - Singled out from a number or group as more to one's liking.
Usage example: a picked group of people for the project

Favorite and picked are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Favorite" instead an adjective "Picked".

Nearby Words: pick, picky, picker, picking

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).
  • 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.
  • The Unfavourite aka: The Un Favorite The ending implies that the patriarch has already picked his favorite and unfavorite grandsons.
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