Preference
Preference noun - Positive regard for something.
Usage example: a preference for cool weather
Tendency is a synonym for preference in fondness topic. In some cases you can use "Tendency" instead the word "Preference" as a noun or a verb, when it comes to topics like affection, inclination, predilection.
Tendency
Tendency noun - A habitual attraction to some activity or thing.
Usage example: a youth with a natural tendency toward arts and crafts instead of sports
Preference is a synonym for tendency in fondness topic. Sometimes you can use "Preference" instead the word "Tendency" as a noun or a verb, if it concerns topics such as affection, predilection.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- liking and preference
- liking and tendency
- desire and preference
- desire and tendency
- fondness and preference
- fondness and tendency
- affection and preference
- affection and tendency
- fancy and preference
- fancy and tendency
- inclination and preference
- inclination and tendency
- disposition and preference
- disposition and tendency
How words are described
| known | known preference | known tendency |
| high | high preference | high tendency |
| particular | particular preference | particular tendency |
| similar | similar preference | similar tendency |
| Other adjectives: usual, common, short, heavy, small, strong, distinct, definite, real, little, slight, general, apparent, decided, growing, marked, uncanny, strange, cultural, modern. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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The tendency when enjoying a story to "read" or "hear" a character's voice depending on the observer's preference.
Source: Can't Unhear It -
Another phenomenon is Malinchismo: a very old and widespread tendency to show any unjustified preference, however slight, for foreign over national stuff.
Source: Useful Notes / Mexico -
Punk Punk: In general, anything with "-punk" in its name has a strong tendency towards Romanticism, due to the genre's cynicism about human advancement, preference for older and more visible machines, and strongly antiauthoritarian tendencies.
Source: Romanticism Versus Enlightenment
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