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It was a blog post in which the author wrote that her husband was her savor. I blinked. I thought this was a how-to . . . and you know where my salacious mind went. Yep, I figured she was, um, tasting him. Savoring the flavor of him.
I figured this was a saver of an article . . .
Well, how was I supposed to know she meant that he was her savior?
Word Confusions . . .
. . . started as my way of dealing with a professional frustration with properly spelled words that were out of context in manuscripts I was editing as well as books I was reviewing. It evolved into a sharing of information with y’all. I’m hoping you’ll share with us words that have been a bête noire for you from either end.
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| Saver | Savior | Savor |
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Life Saver (<https://visualhunt.com/f2/photo/8295715317/764f980ccc/>) is by huskyte77 (<https://visualhunt.com/author/fa172e>) under the CC BY-ND 2.0 license, via VisualHunt. |
AKUT 2011 Van-4.jpg by AKUT Search and Rescue Association under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license, via Wikimedia Commons. — This guy sure was lucky in his saviors when they found him buried under this building! |
Fleming’s Prime Burger by kurmanstaff is under the CC BY-SA 2.0 license, via VisualHunt. — Oh, yeah . . . I’ll savor this burger with that crunchy bacon and the thick meat patty . . . mmm-mmm . . . |
| Part of Grammar: | ||
| Noun
Plural: savers |
Noun
Plural: saviors, saviours British spelling: saviour |
Noun; Verb, intransitive & transitive Plural for the noun: savor, savour Third person present verb: savors British spelling: savour |
| A person who regularly saves money through a bank or recognized scheme
[In combination] An object, action, or process that prevents a particular kind of resource from being used up or expended |
A person who saves, rescues, or delivers someone or something (especially a country or cause) from danger, and who is regarded with the veneration of a religious figure
[Christianity; the/our Savior; uses an initial cap] God or Jesus Christ as the redeemer of sin and saver of souls [Classic mythology; uses initial cap] An epithet of Artemis |
Noun: A characteristic taste, flavor, or smell, especially a pleasant one
Distinctive quality or property Power to excite or interest [Archaic] Repute Verb, intransitive: To exhibit the peculiar characteristics
Verb, transitive:
To give a savor to
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| Examples: | ||
| Ay, “his popular sobriquet was Simon the saver” (Miles).
“The sight of his patron, the saver of his life, is like having it saved a second time” (Reid). Stacking these boxes is a great space-saver. He kept near, as if it could be a saver of lives, and an imploring cry went from his mind. They’re great savers of candles along our coast; and they go to bed early at Cobb’s Hole. Every Savers store has a Community Donation Center where donations are accepted on behalf of a local nonprofit organization. The first batch of distribution of energy savers in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa would be initiated in 147 subdivisions where each non-defaulting consumer would get two energy saver bulbs free of cost in return for two used ordinary bulbs. |
He is the savior of our country.
Politicians of the era usually portray themselves as the nation’s saviors. “Now they are a notch on a belt, and the savior can feel good about themselves” (Allen). “’He told us we were going to be the savior of FM radio,’ said John Normand” (Dickson). “The next day, Christmas, is the birthday of Our Savior, but Frank is not a believer” (LeClair). Be saved! Accept Christ as your Savior! |
Noun: This pizza has the subtle savor of wood smoke. She felt that life had lost most of its savour. “There is little savor in dead men’s meat.” – Stephen Vincent Benét Verb, intransitive: His business practices savor of greed. Such a declaration savored of immodesty. His behavior does rather savor of hypocrisy. Verb, transitive: I wanted to savor every moment. Peter savors all the garden’s odors. He intends to savor the best in life. We savored the flavors of the native foods. |
| Derivatives: | ||
| Adjective: savable, saveable, unsavable, unsaveable Noun: savableness, saveableness, savings Preposition: save [for], saving Verb: save, saved, saves, saving |
Noun: saviorhood, saviorship, undersavior | Adjective: savorless, savories, savory, savorous Adverb: savorily, savoringly Noun: savorer, savories, savoriness, savory Verb, transitive: outsavor |
| Phrasal Verb | ||
| savor of something | ||
| History of the Word: | ||
| As the base noun save, its origin is the late 19th century. | Middle English, from the Old French sauveour, from the ecclesiastical Latin salvator (translating Greek sōtēr), from the late Latin salvare meaning to save. | Middle English, from the Old French, from the Latin sapor, which is from sapere meaning to taste. |
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Resources for Saver vs Savior vs Savor
Allen, Samantha. “To Catch a Sex Worker: A&E’s Awful, Exploitative Ambush Show.” Daily Beast. 19 Dec 2014. Web. n.d. <https://www.thedailybeast.com/to-catch-a-sex-worker-aandes-awful-exploitative-ambush-show?source=dictionary>.
Apple Dictionary.com
Dickson, Caitlin. “The Godfather of Right-Wing Radio.” The Daily Beast. 23 Nov 2014. Web. n.d. <https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-godfather-of-right-wing-radio?source=dictionary>.
LeClair, Tom. “Richard Ford’s Artful Survivalist Guide: The Return of Frank Bascombe.” The Daily Beast. 4 Nov 2014. Web. n.d. <https://www.thedailybeast.com/richard-fords-artful-survivalist-guide-the-return-of-frank-bascombe?source=dictionary>.
Miles, Alfred (ed.) Fifty-Two Stories For Girls. Project Gutenberg, 2008. <http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25948>.
Reid, Mayne. The Flag of Distress. Project Gutenberg, 2008. <http://www.gutenberg.org/files/25164/25164-h/25164-h.htm>.
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