Further vs Prefer - What's the difference?
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To encourage growth.
To support progress or growth of something.
(far); of or pertaining to being distant, or of greater distance in degree or of extension in time.
More, additional.
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That was the cue for further pressure from the Russian side and it took further Cudicini saves to keep the score down.}}
(conjunctive) Also; in addition to.
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(location) At greater distance in space or time; farther.
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, title= (conjunctive) Moreover; beyond what is already stated.
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*:Tiberius preferred many to honours in his time, because they were famous whoremasters and sturdy drinkers.
(lb) To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better.
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*:"My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;."
(lb) To present or submit (something) to an authority (now usually in "to prefer charges").
*1630 , , True Travels , in Kupperman 1988, p.36:
*:one Master David Hume, who making some use of his purse, gave him Letters to his friends in Scotland to preferre him to King James.
*1817 , (Walter Scott), , XVII:
*:Such were the arguments which my will boldly preferred to my conscience, as coin which ought to be current, and which conscience, like a grumbling shopkeeper, was contented to accept.
prefer'' + noun + ''to'' (or ''over'') + noun. Example: ''I prefer coffee to tea .
* prefer'' + gerund + ''to'' (or ''over'') + gerund. Example: ''I prefer skiing to swimming .
* prefer'' + full infinitive + ''rather than'' + bare infinitive. Example: ''I prefer to eat fish rather than (eat) meat .
Further is a related term of prefer.
As verbs the difference between further and prefer
is that further is to encourage growth while prefer is .As an adjective further
is (far); of or pertaining to being distant, or of greater distance in degree or of extension in time.As an adverb further
is .further
English
Verb
(en verb)- Further the economy.
Derived terms
* *Adjective
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That was the cue for further pressure from the Russian side and it took further Cudicini saves to keep the score down.}}
Derived terms
* * * *Adverb
(-)- Further , besides sensible things and Forms he says there are the objects of mathematics, which occupy an intermediate position,.
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=“A very welcome, kind, useful present, that means to the parish. By the way, Hopkins, let this go no further . We don't want the tale running round that a rich person has arrived. Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. […]”}}
- Further , affiant sayeth naught. (A formal statement ending a deposition or affidavit, immediately preceding the affiant's signature.)
How algorithms rule the world, passage=The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives.
Usage notes
Some usage guides distinguish (farther) and (further), with farther'' referring to distance, and ''further'' referring to degree or time.Grammar Girl: Further Versus Farther]Others, such as the OED, recommend ''farther'' as a comparative form of ''far'' and ''further for use when it is not comparative.[http://www.dailywritingtips.com/farther-further-whats-the-difference/ Daily Writing Tips – Farther, Further: What’s the Difference? However, most authorities consider the two interchangeable in most or all circumstances, and historically they have not been distinguished.
Grammar Girl: Further Versus Farther
