Difference between Favorite and Popular

FAVORITE vs POPULAR: NOUN

A special loved one
A competitor thought likely to win
Something regarded with special favor or liking
One that enjoys special favor or regard.
One that is trusted, indulged, or preferred above all others, especially by a superior.
A contestant or competitor regarded as most likely to win.
A person or thing regarded with peculiar favor, liking, or preference; one who or that which is especially liked or favored.
A small curl hanging loose upon the temple: a frequent feature of a woman's head-dress in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Short curls dangling over the temples; -- fashionable in the reign of Charles II.
The competitor (as a horse in a race) that is judged most likely to win; the competitor standing highest in the betting.
Preferred one, one with special favor
Expected or most probable to win.
A person who has gained the special favor of or a dominant influence over a superior by unworthymeans or for selfish purposes.

Widely liked or appreciated.
Representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large
Carried on by or for the people (or citizens) at large
(of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people)
Regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public
Comprehensible to the general public
Devoted to the common people; studious of the favor of the populace.
Beloved or approved by the people; pleasing to people in general, or to many people
Adapted to the means of the common people; possessed or obtainable by the many; hence, cheap; common; ordinary; inferior
Suitable to common people; easy to be comprehended; not abstruse; familiar; plain.
Of or pertaining to the common people, or to the whole body of the people, as distinguished from a select portion
Originating among the people.
An action in which any person may sue for penalty imposed by statute.
Of, representing, or carried on by the people at large.
Fit for, adapted to, or reflecting the taste of the people at large.
Accepted by or prevalent among the people in general.
Liked by acquaintances; sought after for company.
Suited to or within the means of ordinary people.

To add to one's list of favorites on a website that allows users to compile such lists.
To bookmark.
Alternative form of favor.

Regarded with particular liking, favor, esteem, or preference: as, a favorite walk; a favorite author; a favorite child.
To mark an item as a personal favorite on social media

Conceited.
Plebeian; vulgar.
Prevailing among the people; epidemic.
Desirous of obtaining the favor of the people; courting the vulgar; of demagogic proclivities.
Enjoying the favor of the people; pleasing to people in general: as, a popular preacher; a popular war or peace.
Suitable to or intended for common people; easy to be comprehended; not technical or abstruse; plain; familiar: as, a popular treatise on astronomy.
Of or pertaining to the people; constituted by or depending on the people, especially the common people: as, the popular voice; popular elections; popular government.

Love, Loves, Beloved, Best, Front runner, Ducky, Dearie, Deary, Pet, Favourite, Preferred, Favored, Darling, Loved, Popular

Popularity, Famous, Best selling, Nonclassical, Democratic, Plain, General, Pop, Favourite, Touristy, Common, Touristed, Hot, Fashionable, Favorite

Frontrunner, Choice, Love, Beloved, Best, Ducky, Dearie, Deary, Pet, Favourite, Preferred, Favored, Darling, Loved, Popular

Popularity, Famous, Best selling, Nonclassical, Democratic, Plain, General, Pop, Favourite, Touristy, Common, Touristed, Hot, Fashionable, Favorite

VIRTUALLY nothing today except enjoy my favorite weather!
Saved as a favorite, I like your website!
Saved as a favorite, I like your blog!
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Christmas to eat a favorite holiday treat or listen to a favorite carol.
For some time, John Walton has been one of my favorite Old Testament scholars if not my favorite.
One of my favorite things about the school are going to see my favorite teachers everyday.
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