Indicate and Prefer

Indicate

Indicate verb - To serve as a sign or symptom of.

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

Prefer verb - To show partiality toward.

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

people	indicate people	prefer people
kind	indicate kind	prefer kind
order	indicate order	prefer order
name	indicate name	prefer name
Other words: someone, type, form, death, time, use, way, world, side, latter, gender, weapons.

Consequently, many people instead prefer the term "pansexual" — which is intended to indicate an attraction to all genders (as opposed to both genders).

Source: Useful Notes / Bisexual
That would indicate a very real want for a restaurant, as people would prefer tastier food.

Source: Artistic License Economics
This one is subject to Vocal Minority, though - most polls of the fanbase at large indicate that they prefer Leonard/Penny.

Source: Fan Preferred Couple / Live-Action TV

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