What's the difference between savior and savor?

Savior


Definition:

  • (v.) One who saves, preserves, or delivers from destruction or danger.
  • (v.) Specifically: The (or our, your, etc.) Savior, he who brings salvation to men; Jesus Christ, the Redeemer.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Marco Rubio , the Florida senator hailed in the aftermath of the 2012 election as the Republican party’s likely “savior”, suspended his bid to become the first Latino president of the United States on Tuesday.
  • (2) "We always had in mind that if someone from the media or someone would know that we're protesting inside on hunger strike, they would definitely help us and be our saviors and things would go better.
  • (3) Total quality management (TQM) is the newest in a long line of magic formulas which have been touted as saviors for American industry and medicine.
  • (4) International philanthropy and the western world’s desire to eradicate poverty and disease can’t ever truly rid themselves of their imperialist roots; as many critics have pointed out, the white savior industrial complex has never been more pervasive in global culture .
  • (5) So while he may sound like the nice savior who wants to save the children of gay couples in this line of questioning, he's perfectly capable of deciding in the end that Prop 8 should be upheld and is the best law of all time.
  • (6) The family keeps the traditional roles of victim an savior ready to overcome psychosocial crises.
  • (7) The outside world often forgets that the inland west is even there, leading some to turn to savior figures – such as the Bundys – who offer simplistic and bizarre solutions to entrenched problems.
  • (8) Chicago's would-be savior came through again on Saturday, his 75th minute finish into the top of Zac MacMath's net giving the Fire a crucial three points: Magee's six goals in 10 games for the Galaxy had many questioning whether LA was giving too much to get Robbie Rogers.
  • (9) The computer is neither the curse or the savior of the modern dietary department.
  • (10) Inner-city hospitals are both a financial burden and a community savior.
  • (11) Let me be clear about one thing – there’s only one savior and it’s not me,” he answered , somewhat eagerly.
  • (12) The sight of one putative savior, Danny Koevermans, on the verge of tears as he described the experience of playing for "the worst team in the world" during a nine game losing streak in 2012, became an emblematic image of what the Toronto project had become.
  • (13) He is the savior of an exceptional and divinely ordained nation, brought to the precipice of the Obama abyss.
  • (14) A Time magazine cover anointed him “The Republican Savior” and explored “How Marco Rubio became the new voice of the GOP”.
  • (15) Meet Alex Rodriguez - the savior of the little man Read more Rodriguez starred for the Yankees in several offensive categories last season after serving a year-long suspension for admitting he used performance-enhancing drugs.
  • (16) "We are disappointed with the government's lukewarm reaction," said Savior Mwambwa, executive director of the Centre for Trade Policy and Development, Zambia.
  • (17) He’s our hero, the gridiron savior riding in from the west (well, Hueytown, Alabama, anyway) to awaken Florida State football from its long spell of mediocrity, leading the Seminoles to their first national championship game in 15 years.
  • (18) The human tendency, when beset by problems such as these, is to seek a savior in the next new technology-networks in this case.
  • (19) In jail, the corrections officers (COs) are god and master, savior and executioner.
  • (20) To up the difficulty level, the best of the best must do so under heavy scrutiny as NBA draft experts move them up and down their imaginary rankings while fans of terrible teams either look at them either as potential saviors or likely busts.

Savor


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To perceive by the smell or the taste; hence, to perceive; to note.
  • (v. t.) To have the flavor or quality of; to indicate the presence of.
  • (a.) That property of a thing which affects the organs of taste or smell; taste and odor; flavor; relish; scent; as, the savor of an orange or a rose; an ill savor.
  • (a.) Hence, specific flavor or quality; characteristic property; distinctive temper, tinge, taint, and the like.
  • (a.) Sense of smell; power to scent, or trace by scent.
  • (a.) Pleasure; delight; attractiveness.
  • (n.) To have a particular smell or taste; -- with of.
  • (n.) To partake of the quality or nature; to indicate the presence or influence; to smack; -- with of.
  • (n.) To use the sense of taste.
  • (v. t.) To taste or smell with pleasure; to delight in; to relish; to like; to favor.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) When Pope Francis touches down in Havana on Saturday, the modest 78-year-old pontiff will have a chance to savor the rapprochement he helped to broker between the US and Cuba last year – a deal that stunned the world and revived the Vatican’s status as a diplomatic powerhouse .
  • (2) Gipsy Kings ' Savor Flamenco tied with Ladysmith Black Mambazo 's Live: Singing For Peace Around The World.
  • (3) Self-confidence and satisfaction can be greatly enhanced by affectionate closeness, and prolonged foreplay can be savored at any age.
  • (4) World music album: Live: Singing for Peace Around the World, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and Savor Flamenco, Gypsy Kings (tie).
  • (5) As predicted, Ss preferred to separate 2 positive events (the gain-savoring hypothesis), to separate 2 negative events (the multiple-loss-avoidance hypothesis), and to combine a positive and a negative event (the loss-buffering hypothesis).
  • (6) A guide rebukes him for being disrespectful: "I eat the sandwich anyway, almost defiantly, making sure that I savor every last crumb.
  • (7) Gipsy Kings' Savor Flamenco tied with Ladysmith Black Mambazo's Live: Singing For Peace Around The World for the best world music album award.
  • (8) Clearing the land and draining the body were two aspects of one and the same art of managing the transactions of all sorts of vital fluids, saps, juices, savors and humors.
  • (9) Testosterone will rise as the subject savors success.
  • (10) Possible interpretations include a hedonic explanation suggesting that sucking rate is modulated to facilitate savoring of the sweeter fluid.

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