Favour and Preference

Favour

Favour noun - An act of gracious kindness.

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Preference and favour are semantically related in affection topic. In some cases you can use "Preference" instead a noun "Favour", when it comes to topics like favor, favouritism.

Nearby Words: favoured, favouring, favourer

Preference

Preference noun - A person or thing that is preferred over others.

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Favour and preference are semantically related in affection topic. Sometimes you can use "Favour" instead a noun "Preference", if it concerns topics such as favor, priority.

Nearby Words: preferred, preferable, preferential, preferentially

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How words are described

special	special favour	special preference
particular	particular favour	particular preference
small	small favour	small preference
big	big favour	big preference
Other adjectives: huge, little, personal.

Both words in one sentence

Even though Dorne averts this by not showing preference to either gender, Princess Arianne fears being cast aside in favour of her younger brother Quentyn.

Source: Deconstructed Trope / A Song of Ice and Fire
One choice in particular is about Yuuto's preference - namely if he prefers them large (Rio) or shapely (Miu)... or he defies the trope by flat-out stating "Anything more than a handful is a waste.", thus declaring that small and cute ones are best (which earns Azusa's favour).

Source: Visual Novel / Dracu-Riot!

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