Care for
Care for verb - To show partiality toward.
Usage example: she generally doesn't care for war movies
Prefer
Prefer verb - To show partiality toward.
Usage example: I generally prefer chocolate ice cream over vanilla
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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None of their respective supporters or opponents seem to care for apparently trivial matters such as who would make a better ruler or who the city's inhabitants actually prefer.
Source: Literature / Stravaganza -
Lauren Faust doesn't really care for a Milky Way and the Galaxy Girls series but she's been trying to pitch it for years as she knows toy companies prefer when toys have Merchandise-Driven cartoons.
Source: Development Hell - And in yet another work, he wrote how real men don't care for the race of their women, and only choose whomever is the right mother for their kids — and may even prefer women of another race.
Source: Fair for Its Day
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