Employ and Prefer

Employ

Employ verb - To provide with a paying job.

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

Prefer

Prefer verb - To show partiality toward.

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

Common collocations

people employ people prefer people
kind employ kind prefer kind
style employ style prefer style
image employ image prefer image
Other words: men, type, form, series, time, use, method, music, magic, weapon, version, women, methods, weapons, guns.

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Pandemic It would seem that if you are going to be horribly cruel with your disease, the game would prefer that you employ Pragmatic Villainy rather than Stupid Evil.
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