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“Savior” or “Saviour”

savior / saviour are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

savior s·EY·v·y·er

  • nouna person who rescues you from harm or danger.

saviour

No dictionary entry for this spelling — see the usage examples below for how it shows up in writing.

Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“savior”

  • explanation of how the name "savior stone" was created.
  • is the son of the Savior who will arrive in Storybrooke,
  • perspective, Botnick was an "album savior", guiding and motivating Lee's bandmates
  • communist stone" (亡共石) into a "savior stone".
  • needed the power of The Savior (Emma), which requires a magical
  • Church of the Transfiguration of Savior () is a medieval Georgian
  • Savior Like a Shepherd Lead Us
  • You are the Savior who taught the Gita./
  • 444: Dark Savior (November 2015)
  • False Prophet, or Genuine Savior?

“saviour”

  • witness in Israel; Jesus our Saviour called Simon Kepha Sarirto and
  • You are the Saviour who taught us the Bhagavad
  • St. Sebastian and Christ the Saviour.
  • present John IV as the saviour, who would restore the grandiosity
  • the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour is not the stupidity of
  • cathedral is dedicated to the Saviour, as it had been before
  • work The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple, was to
  • našega (The Passion of our Saviour), 1991, Marulovi dani (Marulo days)
  • Cathedral of Christ the Living Saviour, in Colombo.
  • Sweet Saviour, bless us were we go

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