Few and Rather

Few

Few noun - A small number.

Rather and few are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rather" instead an adverb "Few".

Rather

Rather adverb - By choice or preference.

Few and rather are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Few" instead an adverb "Rather".

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • In one year, RJ and Verne went as the movie versions of themselves, though RJ had to ask what Verne was supposed to be and Verne replied, "I dunno, some sort of iguana thingy." Friendship Moment: They're few and rather far between, but they're there.
  • On top of that, quite a few of their fusions can be rather underwhelming, with only a select few even breaking 2000 ATK.
  • Muggle Foster Parents Being an elf, the "adopted" part was rather obvious, though her being one of the few treeshapers, she became very respected by the tribe that raised her as "good spirit of plenty".
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