Hate
Hate verb - To dislike strongly.
Usage example: she hates her job, she hates her friends, and she hates her life!
Prefer
Prefer verb - To show partiality toward.
Usage example: I generally prefer chocolate ice cream over vanilla
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- This made of anime an easy target for hate and controversy as the intended audience would prefer.
Source: Analysis / Americans Hate Tingle - Some fans prefer the redesigns, others prefer the originals and hate the remake versions, while others like both.
Source: Broken Base / Video Games - In Time Scout, Skeeter Jackson doesn't hate guns so much as he'd prefer a weapon he's more familiar with, like a Mongolian recurve bow.
Source: Con Men Hate Guns
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Prefer and Hate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hate/prefer
Hate & Prefer. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/hate/prefer>.
Prefer or Hate. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hate/prefer.
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