Develop and Prefer

Develop

Develop verb - To gradually become clearer or more detailed.

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

Prefer verb - To show partiality toward.

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

taste	develop taste	prefer taste
life	develop life	prefer life
kind	develop kind	prefer kind
style	develop style	prefer style
Other words: type, form, series, way, characters, game, magic, weapon, version, weapons, games.

Most Iron Maiden fans prefer to develop selective amnesia during the eight-year period between Fear of the Dark and Brave New World.

Source: Discontinuity / Music
Alien Non-Interference Clause: The UGF (and the Milky Way Union which preceded it) has a law called the Evolutionary Noninterference Act whereby spacers are not allowed to contact cultures that have not achieved at least orbital space travel (and they prefer to wait until they develop FTL).

Source: Darth Wiki / EV Nova: United Galactic Federation

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