Adore and Prefer

Adore

Adore verb - To love or admire too much.

Usage example: adores her older sister so much that she cannot see her considerable faults

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Prefer and adore are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prefer" instead a verb "Adore".

Prefer verb - To show partiality toward.

Usage example: I generally prefer chocolate ice cream over vanilla

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Adore and prefer are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Adore" instead a verb "Prefer".

idea	adore idea	prefer idea
children	adore children	prefer children
series	adore series	prefer series
way	adore way	prefer way
Other words: version, brother, films.

Parental Favoritism: Dawn's parents, especially her mother, adore Missy and prefer her to the other two kids.

Source: Film / Welcome To The Dollhouse
But it turns out the new robot, Apple-Bottom-ler, is so perfect at its job that his loved ones genuinely adore it and prefer it to him.

Source: Podcast / Kakos Industries

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