Namely
Rather
Rather adverb - By choice or preference.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Rider from Fate/stay night, who is decidedly not a vampire, but rather a Gorgon (namely, Medusa).
Source: Vampiric Draining - People who are for the latter love to point out the one scene in the Conjurer quest line where a young girl refuses to use other forms of conjury (namely attack spells like Stone and Areo) because she feels she's better off just healing rather than using other spells.
Source: Misaimed Fandom / Video Games - It's rather jarring if you consider that numerous other countries (namely Spain and France) have full releases of both the manga and the anime.
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