Prefer and Wish

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Prefer verb - To show partiality toward.

Usage example: I generally prefer chocolate ice cream over vanilla

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Wish is a synonym for prefer in choose topic. In some cases you can use "Wish" instead a verb "Prefer", when it comes to topics like want, favor.

Wish verb - To offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable.

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Prefer is a synonym for wish in desire topic. You can use "Prefer" instead a verb "Wish", if it concerns topics such as want.

Nearby Words: wished, wishful, wishing, wishfully, wisher

life	prefer life	wish life
people	prefer people	wish people
kind	prefer kind	wish kind
someone	prefer someone	wish someone
Other words: form, death, time, way, world, game, nothing, whatever, humans, songs, games, guys.

Some fans of Final Fantasy IV prefer Cecil as a Dark Knight and wish he stayed that way instead of becoming a Paladin.

Source: Misaimed Fandom / Video Games
Refreshingly, this is done in a way so that book purists who prefer Oz to be real and movie fans who prefer Oz to be a dream reflection can both interpret it how they wish.

Source: Film / Return to Oz
These are heroes that actually prefer their boring, uneventful lives, and wish to remain nobodies.

Source: Badass Unintentional

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