Preference
Preference noun - A person or thing that is preferred over others.
Rank and preference are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rank" instead a noun "Preference".
Rank
Rank noun - The placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement.
Preference and rank are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Preference" instead a noun "Rank".
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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A variation of donkey voting is to rank your favourite parties at the top, then rank all the others in the order they appear on the ballot paper, which is done by voters who have a preference but not interested in ranking the other candidates.
- Additionally, in the 2000s the minor parties and microparties began banding together to strike "preference deals", where they would all rank each other first regardless of ideology in the hope that one of them would luck into a Senate seat.
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