Rather and Select

Rather

Rather adverb - By choice or preference.

Select and rather are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Select" instead a verb "Rather".

Select

Select verb - To decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities.

Rather and select are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Rather" instead a verb "Select".

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Sonic Advance Trilogy Super Title 64 Advance Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: If you select Sonic and Knuckles as a team in the third game, both of their expressions are rather uncomfortable and disdainful.
  • Video Game / Death Smiles Of note is that this game scrolls horizontally instead of vertically, and that you can select the difficulty per stage rather than per run.
  • Schizophrenic Difficulty Thanks to the fact that it is possible to select which map to take on first and the maps themselves have rather different optimal strategies, Genjuu Ryodan has a rather unstable difficulty, especially when players stick to only one strategy.
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