Encourage and Prefer

Encourage

Encourage verb - To fill with courage or strength of purpose.

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

Nearby Words: encouragement, encouraging

Prefer verb - To show partiality toward.

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

people	encourage people	prefer people
kind	encourage kind	prefer kind
image	encourage image	prefer image
men	encourage men	prefer men
Other words: children, someone, type, use, way, characters, humans, women, girls.

They actually prefer not having to slaughter their enemies most of the time and cultivate this reputation to encourage enemy forces to surrender rather than fight.

Source: Literature / The Elenium aka: The Tamuli
The players can either shut the things or use their powers for themselves; it's really a matter of preference, although the Guardians would prefer the former and the Defiant might encourage the latter.

Source: Video Game / Rift
Planetary Parasite: Moloch, who would much prefer to be rid of the pesky civilizations that might interrupt his feast (curiously, he's more a symbiote to most nonsentient life, his powers encourage growth).

Source: Video Game / That Which Sleeps

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