As an alternative
Rather than and as an alternative are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rather than" instead an adverb phrase "As an alternative".
Rather than
As an alternative and rather than are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "As an alternative" instead an adverb phrase "Rather than".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- rather and as an alternative
- rather and rather than
- alternative and as an alternative
- alternative and rather than
- on second thought and as an alternative
- on second thought and rather than
- alternatively and as an alternative
- alternatively and rather than
- instead and as an alternative
- instead and rather than
- preferably and as an alternative
- preferably and rather than
- on behalf of and as an alternative
- on behalf of and rather than
Both terms in one sentence
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Polgara employs a variant of this technique as an alternative to Cold-Blooded Torture; she conjures up an illusion of something so horrible that people spill their guts rather than face it.
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There was also an episode where shopping was done from an interactive version of a home shopping network rather than simply online (and while home shopping networks do still exist, true online shopping wasn't presented as an alternative).
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Captain Ersatz: Averted; when the NFL refused to let the film use their rights, the film's league was retooled as an alternative league existing alongside the NFL, rather than as an Ersatz for the main American pro football league.
Source: Film / Any Given Sunday
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