Care and Prefer

Care

Care verb - To have an interest or concern for.

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

Prefer verb - To show partiality toward.

Usage example: I generally prefer chocolate ice cream over vanilla

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

girl	care girl	prefer girl
life	care life	prefer life
people	care people	prefer people
idea	care idea	prefer idea
Other words: name, time, way, characters, world, money, magic, nothing, side, brother, humans.

Even though they usually don't care about greater causes, true neutrals still prefer neighbors who aren't going to betray, kill, or enslave them.

Source: Stupid Neutral
Willie also thinks their parents prefer him more, though they really don't care about either of them.

Source: Comicbook / The Simpsons
While he's said to be Yugo's rival, he doesn't care about competing with Yugo and would actually prefer not to (they're not exactly on good terms with each other).

Source: The Rival / Video Games

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