Intercede vs Predilection - What's the difference?
intercede | predilection |
As a verb intercede is . As a noun predilection is predilection.
intercede English
Verb
( interced)
To plead on someone else's behalf.
To act as a mediator in a dispute; to arbitrate or mediate.
* Milton
- I to the lords will intercede , not doubting their favourable ear.
To pass between; to intervene.
* Sir M. Hale
- He supposed that a vast period interceded between that origination and the age wherein he lived.
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predilection English
Alternative forms
* (archaic)
Noun
( en noun)
Condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; proclivity; predisposition.
* 1987 , Edwin M. Yoder Jr., "Lewis Powell a Fine Sense of Balance," Washington Post , 29 Jun.,
- But for him the first rule of judging was to set aside personal predilection and vote the law and the facts.
* 2000 , Terry McCarthy, "Lost Generation," Time Asia , 23 Oct.,
- ... youth’s predilection for revolt.
* 2001 , Marina Cantacuzino, "On deadly ground," The Guardian , 13 Mar.,
- Wilson doesn’t see any inconsistency between his socialism and his predilection for the high life.
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