Favour and Want

Favour

Favour verb - Consider as the favorite.

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Want and favour are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Want" instead a verb "Favour".

Nearby Words: favoured, favouring, favourer

Want verb - To have an earnest wish to own or enjoy.

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Favour and want are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Favour" instead a verb "Want".

Nearby Words: wanting, wanted

good	good favour	good want
special	special favour	special want
best	best favour	best want
big	big favour	big want
Other adjectives: great, evil, little, personal, odd.

With their sharp personality differences, and the way that their parents openly favour Ida and want Cecilie to become more outgoing and normal like her, Cecilie and Ida have all the trappings of the trope - except that they actually love and care deeply for each other.

Source: Series / Absalons Hemmelighed
An Ork thinks that by besieging your fortress they're doing you a favour, because why would you build a fortress if you didn't want someone to come along and fight you?

Source: Chaotic Neutral
She ends up being temporarily deposed in favour of Faith, who didn't actually want the job.

Source: Leader Wannabe

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