Liking and Prefer

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Liking noun - Positive regard for something.

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Prefer and liking are semantically related in favour topic. In some cases you can use "Prefer" instead a verb "Liking".

Nearby Words: like, likable, liked

Prefer verb - To show partiality toward.

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Liking and prefer are semantically related in favour topic. Sometimes you can use "Liking" instead a verb "Prefer".

A few people prefer to ship her with Dark Pit, figuring his personality would be a little more to Bayonetta's liking.

Source: Crack Pairing / Super Smash Bros.
In canonnote Or TK's original novel if you prefer Mimi is a both a Genki Girl and Nice Girl from the very start with the new Digidestined liking her but especially Yolei whom she fantasizes with.

Source: Fanfic / Digimon 02 The Story We Never Told
Other characters may be your roommate, but will only stay if the decor is to their liking; different characters prefer different styles.

Source: Video Game / Professor Layton and the Last Specter

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