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“Vigor” or “Vigour”

Language

Vigor and vigour are both English terms.

Usage

Vigor is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while vigour is predominantly used in 🇬🇧 British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

In terms of actual appearance and usage, here's a breakdown by country, with usage level out of 100 (if available) 👇:

Term US UK India Philippines Canada Australia Liberia Ireland New Zealand Jamaica Trinidad & Tobago Guyana
vigor 97 70 38 94 89 72 0 54 70 55 83 0
vigour 3 30 62 6 11 28 0 46 30 45 17 0

  • In the United States, there is a preference for "vigor" over "vigour" (97 to 3).
  • In the United Kingdom, there is a preference for "vigor" over "vigour" (70 to 30).
  • In India, there is a 62 to 38 preference for "vigour" over "vigor".
  • In the Philippines, there is a preference for "vigor" over "vigour" (94 to 6).
  • In Canada, there is a preference for "vigor" over "vigour" (89 to 11).
  • In Australia, there is a preference for "vigor" over "vigour" (72 to 28).
  • In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "vigor" and "vigour".
  • In Ireland, there is a preference for "vigor" over "vigour" (54 to 46).
  • In New Zealand, there is a preference for "vigor" over "vigour" (70 to 30).
  • In Jamaica, there is a preference for "vigor" over "vigour" (55 to 45).
  • In Trinidad & Tobago, there is a preference for "vigor" over "vigour" (83 to 17).
  • In Guyana, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "vigor" and "vigour".
Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use vigor or vigour with sample sentences.

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Examples in Context

Examples of “vigor”

  • The suffrage movement declined in vigor during the years immediately after
  • with animals and plants, hybrid vigor or heterosis, conceptions as to
  • With renewed vigor, the Democrats reaffirmed their dedication
  • produce uniform offspring with hybrid vigor; cultivars which are F-11 or
  • Hybrid vigor - hybrids tend to be
  • specially pronounced in the dance-like vigor of the main melody and
  • like increased healing abilities, increased vigor, or changing the person's gender;
  • more features with the Acura Vigor under a 'wide-body' marketing campaign
  • campaign was prosecuted with great vigor, and by the 12th of
  • capitulated, compromised, or continued with vigor, attorney McKelvey eventually countered, supplanting

Examples of “vigour”

  • soporific effect, but the intoxicating vigour of Madhusudan's poems makes even
  • with sensitiveness as much as vigour.
  • "beams with joyousness and youthful vigour."
  • to maintain full health and vigour.
  • had a certain amount of vigour and originality.
  • its ease of germination and vigour, it has spread from the
  • faithful reproductions, however, lack the vigour and artistic sensitivity of blocks
  • France came out with renewed vigour after the break and a
  • From the vigour of the great female singers,
  • the Brahma Sabha, fallen in vigour and following since the death


(Examples are Wikipedia snippets under the CC ShareAlike 3.0 license.)


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