Really and Rather

Really

Really adverb - In actual fact.

Rather and really are semantically related in extremely topic. In some cases you can use "Rather" instead an adverb "Really".

Rather

Rather adverb - By choice or preference.

Really and rather are semantically related in extremely topic. Sometimes you can use "Really" instead an adverb "Rather".
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