Like and Tend to

Like

Like verb - To show partiality toward.
Usage example: I like romantic comedies more than action movies

Tend to and like are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tend to" instead a verb "Like".

Nearby Words: likely, likeness, liking, liked, likeable

Tend to

Definitions of Like not found.

Like and tend to are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Like" instead a verb "Tend to".

Both terms in one sentence

  • Series / The Neighbors As the shows brand of comedy develops, more of their jokes tend to be references to other shows - from more recent shows like Cougar Town and Malibu Country to older ones like I Love Lucy.
  • Intelligent Gerbil Humanoid aliens tend to have small furry pets, Lizard aliens seem to prefer more insect-like pets and of course the sentient insect species like (non sentient) humanoids as pets.
  • Latino Is Brown Very rarely do artists reflect this, and instead tend to make him look like a generic American perception of what someone from Brazil would look like.
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