Decide and Prefer

Decide

Decide verb - To come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration.

Usage example: they decided to go out for pizza after the movie was over

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Prefer and decide are semantically related in comparison topic. In some cases you can use "Prefer" instead a verb "Decide", when it comes to topics like choose.

Nearby Words: decisive, decision, deciding, decider

Prefer

Prefer verb - To show partiality toward.

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Decide and prefer are semantically related in comparison topic. Sometimes you can use "Decide" instead a verb "Prefer", if it concerns topics such as choose.

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Common collocations

life	decide life	prefer life
kind	decide kind	prefer kind
order	decide order	prefer order
look	decide look	prefer look
Other words: death, time, way, method, world, game, nothing, side, whatever, gender, humans.

Both words in one sentence

The Maniac then leaves the audience to decide what ending is best.Tropes: Audience Participation: The Maniac invites the audience to choose which ending they prefer.

Source: Theatre / Accidental Death of an Anarchist
The real answer is somewhere in those 60 issues, but I prefer to let the reader decide which one they like rather than pushing it on them.

Source: Fan-Disliked Explanation
Though after they die, they decide they prefer moldering in the ground together to alone.

Source: Anti-Love Song

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