What's the difference between bookmark and favorite?

Bookmark


Definition:

  • (n.) Something placed in a book to guide in finding a particular page or passage; also, a label in a book to designate the owner; a bookplate.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) When searching for an adjective to describe our comprehensively surveilled networked world – the one bookmarked by the NSA at one end and by Google, Facebook, Yahoo and co at the other – "Orwellian" is the word that people generally reach for.
  • (2) Samsung also says that Apple infringed three other patents: the use of email in a camera-equipped phone; bookmarking a photo in a camera-equipped phone's image gallery; multitasking on a mobile device so you can listen to music in the background.
  • (3) And it's through the live experience – something that can't be shared or bookmarked for later listening, that you have to be present for in real-time – that EDM has really achieved lift-off.
  • (4) Interaction of the dodecamer in duplex form with a tryptophan-containing peptide, KGWGK, has also been investigated to test the "bookmark" hypothesis (Gabbay et al., 1976) under the uniform structural constraint of the oligonucleotide of defined sequence.
  • (5) London still has several which have held out against the endlessly rising rents – the SWP's Bookmarks , Gay's the Word in Bloomsbury, the pacifist Housmans , and the anarchist Freedom Books.
  • (6) Updated at 12.43am GMT 9.57pm GMT There's a couple of other issues I need to bookmark but swimming with the news cycle for now, the Liberal senator Zed Seselja is on Sky News on a panel.
  • (7) However, the new system is opt-in, meaning that Facebook users will have to actively choose to download, add, or bookmark the new button onto their homepage.
  • (8) I would then have to sit down at my laptop and navigate my way to the (bookmarked) UKBA homepage to check that no new rules had been announced without my noticing, which would require me to pack my bags and leave.
  • (9) But perhaps the web can provide better metrics for scientists in the future, such as download numbers, bookmarks in social bookmarking services or even tweets and Facebook likes.
  • (10) Specifically, Samsung says Apple infringed: • '941 and '515 - essential for implementing 3G mobile communications • '460 - covers the use of email in a camera-equipped phone • '892 - bookmarking a photo in the image gallery of a camera-equipped phone • '711 - multitasking on a mobile device and allowing users to listen to music in the background What's at stake?
  • (11) He joined the BBC in 1983 went on to work as a producer and director in music and arts, on shows including Omnibus, Bookmark and Arena, and was a founding producer on BBC2's The Late Show.
  • (12) I never know what happens to them afterwards, but I still hear their voices.” Sign up to our Bookmarks newsletter Read more The book, published in France as Elle va nue la liberté , is in the process of translation into English and it is one of the great recent collections of war poetry.
  • (13) It’s that it has such universal power over its users that it’s kind of important that we not allow that power to fall into the hands of monsters,” said Maciej Ceglowski, a developer and the owner of Pinboard, a social bookmarking site.
  • (14) In both cases the parallel groups making bookmarks received particularly low scores.
  • (15) Has Samsung proven that Apple has infringed its utility patents '516 and '941 (3G standard); '711 (multitasking on a mobile device); '893 (bookmarking a photo on a camera-equipped phone); '460 (use of email in a camera-equipped phone)?
  • (16) Either way, Hugh's stunning photography and Sara's personable writing style make it one to bookmark.
  • (17) The author will be in discussion with Dean Peacock of Sonke Gender Justice at an event at Bookmarks bookshop , London, at 7pm on Thursday 2 October
  • (18) Four groups (two with a parallel structure and two with a project structure) participated in a bookmark-making activity.
  • (19) The tool provides bookmarks, annotations, quotations, and other utilities across our entire HyperCard courseware collection.
  • (20) These folders of foreign newspaper and magazine clippings – with bookmarks in red for negative coverage of Russia, yellow for neutral and green for positive – were a major source of anxiety for Putin’s office in mid-2000s.

Favorite


Definition:

  • (n.) A person or thing regarded with peculiar favor; one treated with partiality; one preferred above others; especially, one unduly loved, trusted, and enriched with favors by a person of high rank or authority.
  • (n.) Short curls dangling over the temples; -- fashionable in the reign of Charles II.
  • (n.) The competitor (as a horse in a race) that is judged most likely to win; the competitor standing highest in the betting.
  • (a.) Regarded with particular affection, esteem, or preference; as, a favorite walk; a favorite child.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The Oklahoma City Thunder, like most of the pre-postseason favorites, actually seemed to right themselves in Game 7 of their tougher-than-expected-series with the Memphis Grizzlies.
  • (2) One of my favorites, on the mission's "Participate" web page , is the "Be a Martian" virtual reality apps (web and mobile).
  • (3) MRI can detect as small as 10 mm lesion of hepatic tumor (less than 5 mm in favorite conditions) despite far longer acquisition time compared with CT.
  • (4) While Elop has critics who say he did not fix Nokia or much of anything else in his long career in tech, others are likely to point to a pedigree that would also make him the favorite here.
  • (5) The college football fans are interested in knowing where their favorite players are gonna go and the NFL fans want to know which players are gonna make their team better."
  • (6) We’ll collect all your questions using Guardian Witness and feature our favorites the night of the debate.
  • (7) Respondents showed in-group favoritism in trait evaluations, but this bias was unrelated to aggression.
  • (8) Therefore more is eaten during a meal consisting of a variety of foods than during a meal with just one of the foods, even if that food is the favorite.
  • (9) It was March 2015 and same-sex marriage was on the verge of becoming legal nationwide – carried by probably the swiftest change in public opinion in US history – but the Indiana governor and establishment favorite going into 2016 was standing firm.
  • (10) Walker also began the summer as a strong favorite in the early-voting state of Iowa, where voters seemed inherently drawn to his midwestern persona and retail politics – which have often included traversing from one county to the next on a Harley Davidson.
  • (11) My personal favorite part was Beyoncé had her backup singers and dancers in pantsuits.” Each celebrity who joined Clinton for her last push seemed to top the previous night, giving her closing appearances an aura of celebration.
  • (12) The bacterially catalyzed formation of nitrosamines in the rectosigmoid is a favorite theroy for the increased risk of colon carcinomas following ureterosigmoidostomy.
  • (13) My favorite response was a simple "it made me feel less alone."
  • (14) Entering the season the Seahawks looked like Super Bowl favorites and little happened during the regular season to suggest otherwise.
  • (15) The Cardinals made quick work of the fan-favorite Pittsburgh Pirates in the NLDS and then defeated the high priced Hollywood product that was the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Championship Series.
  • (16) Now, new employees are always warned, “Just wait until Thanksgiving.” Thanksgiving has always been one of my favorite holidays.
  • (17) Former senator Scott Brown of Massachusetts and Governor Paul LePage of Maine, favorites of the blue-collar north-east, are likely to be angling for jobs in a Trump White House, but a heartbeat away from the presidency.
  • (18) Shuttles bused groups of mourners to take turns walking quietly in a circle around the casket covered in white roses and peonies – Nancy Reagan’s favorite flower.
  • (19) The sulfones are the drug of choice in the treatment of leprosy, with dapsone as the clear favorite.
  • (20) His favorite recording of the Ring Cycle is by Wilhelm Furtwängler, a relatively safe choice.