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Alternative vs Choose - What's the difference?

alternative | choose |

As nouns the difference between alternative and choose

is that alternative is alternative while choose is (dialectal|or|obsolete) the act of choosing; selection.

As a verb choose is

to pick; to make the choice of; to select.

As a conjunction choose is

(mathematics) the binomial coefficient of the previous and following number.

alternative

English

(wikipedia alternative)

Adjective

(-)
  • Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities
    • an alternative proposition
  • Not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground (e.g., alternative medicine, alternative lifestyle, (alternative rock)).
  • Other.
  • alternate; reciprocal
    • (Holland)

    Derived terms

    * alternative dispute resolution * alternative energy * alternative lifestyle * alternative medicine * alternative press * alternative vote

    Related terms

    * alternate * alternativeness * alternativism

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities.
  • * 1817 , (Walter Scott), Rob Roy , XI:
    • ‘The cloister or a betrothed husband?’ I echoed—‘Is that the alternative destined for Miss Vernon?’
  • One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen.
  • The remaining option; something available after other possibilities have been exhausted.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

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    References

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    choose

    English

    (Choice)

    Alternative forms

    * chuse

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .

    Verb

  • To pick; to make the choice of; to select.
  • :
  • *
  • *:The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day.
  • To elect.
  • :
  • To decide to act in a certain way.
  • :
  • To wish; to desire; to prefer.
  • *(Oliver Goldsmith) (1730-1774)
  • *:The landlady now returned to know if we did not choose a more genteel apartment.
    • Usage notes
    * This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . See
    Related terms
    * choice * choosey * chosen

    Conjunction

    (English Conjunctions)
  • (mathematics) The binomial coefficient of the previous and following number.
    • The number of distinct subsets of size ''k'' from a set of size ''n'' is \tbinom nk or "''n'' choose ''k''".
    See also
    * (projectlink)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), (m), (m), from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (chooses)
  • (dialectal, or, obsolete) The act of choosing; selection.
  • (dialectal, or, obsolete) The power, right, or privilege of choosing; election.
  • (dialectal, or, obsolete) Scope for choice.

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    Anagrams

    * English irregular verbs 1000 English basic words