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Support vs. Favor — What's the Difference?

Support vs. Favor — What's the Difference?

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Support

To bear the weight of, especially from below; keep from falling, sinking, or slipping
Pillars support the roof.

Favor

A gracious, friendly, or obliging act that is freely granted
Do someone a favor.

Support

To bear or hold up (an amount of weight)
The bridge supports 10 tons.

Favor

Friendly or favorable regard; approval or support
Won the favor of the monarch.
Looked with favor on the plan.

Support

To keep from weakening or failing; give confidence or comfort to
The letter supported him in his grief.
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Favor

A state of being held in such regard
A style currently in favor.

Support

To keep from falling in value, as by government purchases
A program to support the price of wheat.

Favor

Unfair partiality; favoritism
The referees were warned not to show favor to either team.

Support

To provide for or maintain by supplying with money or necessities
The homeless shelter is supported solely by donations.

Favor

A privilege or concession
Had the favor of talking with her for an hour.

Support

To furnish corroborating evidence for
New facts supported her story.

Favor

Favors Permission to engage in sexual activity, especially when granted by a woman to a male partner.

Support

To aid the cause, policy, or interests of
Supported her in her election campaign.

Favor

Something given as a token of love, affection, or remembrance.

Support

To argue in favor of; advocate
Supported lower taxes.

Favor

A small decorative gift given to each guest at a party.

Support

To have an enthusiastic interest in (a sports team).

Favor

Advantage; benefit
Sailed under favor of cloudless skies.

Support

To endure; tolerate
"At supper there was such a conflux of company that I could scarcely support the tumult" (Samuel Johnson).

Favor

Behalf; interest
An error in our favor.

Support

To act in a secondary or subordinate role to (a leading performer).

Favor

(Obsolete) A communication, especially a letter.

Support

To offer help or advice regarding (a product or service).

Favor

Aspect or appearance.

Support

(Computers) To be compatible with (a program)
That operating system does not support most new applications.

Favor

Countenance; face.

Support

The act of supporting
Our candidate needs your support.

Favor

(Obsolete) A facial feature.

Support

The state of being supported
The candidate's support has been overwhelming.

Favor

To perform a kindness or service for; oblige.

Support

One that supports
How many supports does the bridge have?.

Favor

To have a liking for; be partial to; prefer
Favored coffee over tea at breakfast.
Favored the suitor with the quick wit.

Support

The provision of money or the necessities of life
Child support.

Favor

To approve, advocate, or support
Economists who favor free trade.

Support

Help or advice offered to those encountering difficulties with a product or service.

Favor

To show partiality or unfair preference to
Thought the law favored men over women.

Support

(transitive) To keep from falling.
Don’t move that beam! It supports the whole platform.

Favor

To believe to be most likely to succeed
The Tigers are favored to win the championship.

Support

(transitive) To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
Sure they sell the product, but do they support it?

Favor

To be advantageous to; make more likely to be successful
Darkness favored their escape. The climate favors conifers.

Support

(transitive) To back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid.
I support France in the World Cup.

Favor

To speed up or otherwise increase the success of (a chemical process or pathway)
Increasing the pressure favors the reaction.

Support

(transitive) To help, particularly financially.
The government supports the arts in several ways.

Favor

To treat with care; be gentle with
Favored my wounded leg.

Support

To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.
The testimony is not sufficient to support the charges.
The evidence will not support the statements or allegations.

Favor

Chiefly Southern US To resemble in appearance
She favors her father.

Support

(transitive) To serve, as in a customer-oriented mindset; to give support to.
The IT Department supports the research organization, but not the sales force.
I don't make decisions, but I support those who do.

Favor

To resemble another in appearance
She and her father favor.

Support

(transitive) To be designed (said of machinery, electronics, or computers, or their parts, accessories, peripherals, or programming) to function compatibly with or provide the capacity for.
Early personal computers did not support voice-recognition hardware or software.

Favor

A kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone).
He did me a favor when he took the time to drive me home.

Support

(transitive) To be accountable for, or involved with, but not responsible for.
I support the administrative activities of the executive branch of the organization.

Favor

Goodwill; benevolent regard.
She enjoyed the queen's favor.
To fall out of favor

Support

(archaic) To endure without being overcome; bear; undergo; to tolerate.

Favor

A small gift; a party favor.
At the holiday dinner, the hosts had set a favor by each place setting.
A marriage favour is a bunch or knot of white ribbons or white flowers worn at a wedding.

Support

To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.
To support the character of King Lear

Favor

Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity.

Support

Something which supports.
Don't move that beam! It's a support for the whole platform.

Favor

The object of regard; person or thing favoured.

Support

Financial or other help.
The government provides support to the arts in several ways.

Favor

(obsolete) Appearance; look; countenance; face.

Support

Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
Sure they sell the product, but do they provide support?

Favor

(legal) Partiality; bias

Support

(mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure of that set.

Favor

(archaic) A letter, a written communication.

Support

(fuzzy set theory) A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose grade of membership in that fuzzy set is strictly greater than zero).
If the membership function of a fuzzy set is continuous, then that fuzzy set's support is an open set.

Favor

(obsolete) Anything worn publicly as a pledge of a woman's favor.

Support

Evidence.
The new research provides further support for our theory.

Favor

(obsolete) A ribbon or similar small item that is worn as an adornment, especially in celebration of an event.

Support

(computing) Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.
This game has no mouse support.

Favor

To look upon fondly; to prefer.

Support

An actor playing a subordinate part with a star.

Favor

To use more often.

Support

An accompaniment in music.

Favor

To encourage, conduce to

Support

(gymnastics) support position

Favor

To do a favor [noun sense 1] for; to show beneficence toward.
Would you favor us with a poetry reading?

Support

(structural analysis) Horizontal, vertical or rotational support of structures: movable, hinged, fixed. en

Favor

To treat with care.
Favoring your sore leg will only injure the other one.

Support

To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar supports a structure; an abutment supports an arch; the trunk of a tree supports the branches.

Favor

To resemble; especially, to look like (another person).

Support

To endure without being overcome, exhausted, or changed in character; to sustain; as, to support pain, distress, or misfortunes.
This fierce demeanor and his insolenceThe patience of a god could not support.

Favor

Kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly disposition; kindness; good will.
Hath crawled into the favor of the king.

Support

To keep from failing or sinking; to solace under affictive circumstances; to assist; to encourage; to defend; as, to support the courage or spirits.

Favor

The act of countenancing, or the condition of being countenanced, or regarded propitiously; support; promotion; befriending.
But found no favor in his lady's eyes.
And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.

Support

To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain; as, to support the character of King Lear.

Favor

A kind act or office; kindness done or granted; benevolence shown by word or deed; an act of grace or good will, as distinct from justice or remuneration.
Beg one favor at thy gracious hand.

Support

To furnish with the means of sustenance or livelihood; to maintain; to provide for; as, to support a family; to support the ministers of the gospel.

Favor

Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity.
I could not discover the lenity and favor of this sentence.

Support

To carry on; to enable to continue; to maintain; as, to support a war or a contest; to support an argument or a debate.

Favor

The object of regard; person or thing favored.
All these his wondrous works, but chiefly man,His chief delight and favor.

Support

To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain; as, the testimony is not sufficient to support the charges; the evidence will not support the statements or allegations.
To urge such arguments, as though they were sufficient to support and demonstrate a whole scheme of moral philosophy.

Favor

A gift or present; something bestowed as an evidence of good will; a token of love; a knot of ribbons; something worn as a token of affection; as, a marriage favor is a bunch or knot of white ribbons or white flowers worn at a wedding.
Wear thou this favor for me, and stick it in thy cap.

Support

To vindicate; to maintain; to defend successfully; as, to be able to support one's own cause.

Favor

Appearance; look; countenance; face.
This boy is fair, of female favor.

Support

To uphold by aid or countenance; to aid; to help; to back up; as, to support a friend or a party; to support the present administration.
Wherefore, bold pleasant,Darest thou support a published traitor?

Favor

Partiality; bias.

Support

A attend as an honorary assistant; as, a chairman supported by a vice chairman; O'Connell left the prison, supported by his two sons.

Favor

A letter or epistle; - so called in civility or compliment; as, your favor of yesterday is received.

Support

The act, state, or operation of supporting, upholding, or sustaining.

Favor

Love locks.
But, with your favor, I will treat it here.

Support

That which upholds, sustains, or keeps from falling, as a prop, a pillar, or a foundation of any kind.

Favor

To regard with kindness; to support; to aid, or to have the disposition to aid, or to wish success to; to be propitious to; to treat with consideration or tenderness; to show partiality or unfair bias towards.
O happy youth! and favored of the skies.
He that favoreth Joab, . . . let him go after Joab.
[The painter] has favored her squint admirably.

Support

That which maintains or preserves from being overcome, falling, yielding, sinking, giving way, or the like; subsistence; maintenance; assistance; reënforcement; as, he gave his family a good support, the support of national credit; the assaulting column had the support of a battery.

Favor

To afford advantages for success to; to facilitate; as, a weak place favored the entrance of the enemy.

Support

The activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities;
His support kept the family together
They gave him emotional support during difficult times

Favor

To resemble in features; to have the aspect or looks of; as, the child favors his father.
The porter owned that the gentleman favored his master.

Support

Aiding the cause or policy or interests of;
The president no longer had the support of his own party
They developed a scheme of mutual support

Favor

An act of gracious kindness

Support

Something providing immaterial support or assistance to a person or cause or interest;
The policy found little public support
His faith was all the support he needed
The team enjoyed the support of their fans

Favor

An advantage to the benefit of someone or something;
The outcome was in his favor

Support

A military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission;
They called for artillery support

Favor

An inclination to approve;
That style is in favor this season

Support

Documentary validation;
His documentation of the results was excellent
The strongest support for this this view is the work of Jones

Favor

A feeling of favorable regard

Support

The financial means whereby one lives;
Each child was expected to pay for their keep
He applied to the state for support
He could no longer earn his own livelihood

Favor

Souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party

Support

Supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation;
The statue stood on a marble support

Favor

Promote over another;
He favors his second daughter

Support

The act of bearing the weight of or strengthening;
He leaned against the wall for support

Favor

Consider as the favorite;
The local team was favored

Support

A subordinate musical part; provides background for more important parts

Favor

Treat gently or carefully

Support

Any device that bears the weight of another thing;
There was no place to attach supports for a shelf

Favor

Bestow a privilege upon

Support

Financial resources provided to make some project possible;
The foundation provided support for the experiment

Support

Give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to;
She supported him during the illness
Her children always backed her up

Support

Support materially or financially;
He does not support his natural children
The scholarship supported me when I was in college

Support

Be behind; approve of;
He plumped for the Labor Party
I backed Kennedy in 1960

Support

Be the physical support of; carry the weight of;
The beam holds up the roof
He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam
What's holding that mirror?

Support

Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts;
His story confirmed my doubts
The evidence supports the defendant

Support

Adopt as a belief;
I subscribe to your view on abortion

Support

Support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm;
The stories and claims were born out by the evidence

Support

Argue or speak in defense of;
She supported the motion to strike

Support

Play a subordinate role to (another performer);
Olivier supported Gielgud beautifully in the second act

Support

Be a regular customer or client of;
We patronize this store
Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could

Support

Put up with something or somebody unpleasant;
I cannot bear his constant criticism
The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks
He learned to tolerate the heat
She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage

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