Apply and Prefer

Apply

Apply verb - To have a relation or connection.

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

Prefer verb - To show partiality toward.

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

idea	apply idea	prefer idea
name	apply name	prefer name
term	apply term	prefer term
time	apply time	prefer time
Other words: way, method, methods, weapons.

To the Sleepless, Muggles aren't human: not because they have to waste a third of their life in comatose nonproductivity, but because they prefer to Wangst and bask in the culture of entitlement rather than apply themselves.

Source: Literature / Beggars in Spain
There's kind of an in-universe reason for this, in that Wally eventually learned to materialise the costume around himself and alter its look, but at times, that can't apply and the artists just choose whichever look they prefer.

Source: Depending on the Artist

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