Prefer and Suggest

Prefer

Prefer verb - To show partiality toward.

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Suggest and prefer are semantically related in favor topic. In some cases you can use "Suggest" instead a verb "Prefer".

Suggest verb - To convey an idea indirectly.

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Prefer and suggest are semantically related in plan topic. Sometimes you can use "Prefer" instead a verb "Suggest".

approach	prefer approach	suggest approach
people	prefer people	suggest people
kind	prefer kind	suggest kind
idea	prefer idea	suggest idea
Other words: name, death, time, way, world, game, nothing, former, side, version, latter, books.

It seems to prefer doing this to already pregnant women — which is why we suggest you avoid thinking about what happened to their unborn fetuses.

Source: Face Full of Alien Wing-Wong
Do not, under any circumstances, suggest to an Egyptian that you prefer Lebanese/Syrian or (Heaven forbid) Israeli falafel.

Source: Useful Notes / Misplaced Nationalism
The trope is then discussed: the Gallivespians suggest mercy killing the frog to spare it further pain, while Will counters that, in spite of everything, the frog might still prefer life to death.

Source: Mercy Kill

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