Designate and Prefer

Designate

Designate verb - To decide upon (the time or date for an event) usually from a position of authority.

Usage example: the designated time for the meeting

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Prefer and designate are semantically related. in specify as selection topic. In some cases you can use "Prefer" instead a verb "Designate".

Prefer verb - To decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities.

Usage example: most buyers of that vehicle have preferred the model with four-wheel drive

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

time	designate time	prefer time
characters	designate characters	prefer characters
world	designate world	prefer world
product	designate product	prefer product
Other words: version, brother, gender, humans, rifles, games.

Many L-isomers are in fact l- (or (-), as chemists now prefer to designate them) isomers, and vice versa, but it's not true for all of them.

Source: Mirror Chemistry

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