What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Proffer vs Prefer - What's the difference?

proffer | prefer |

As verbs the difference between proffer and prefer

is that proffer is to offer for acceptance; to propose to give; to make a tender of; as, to proffer a gift; to proffer services; to proffer friendship while prefer is to advance, promote (someone).

As a noun proffer

is an offer made; something proposed for acceptance by another; a tender; as, proffers of peace or friendship.

proffer

English

(Webster 1913)

Alternative forms

* proffre (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An offer made; something proposed for acceptance by another; a tender; as, proffers of peace or friendship.
  • Essay; attempt.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To offer for acceptance; to propose to give; to make a tender of; as, to proffer a gift; to proffer services; to proffer friendship.
  • To essay or attempt of one’s own accord; to undertake, or propose to undertake.
    • (Milton)

    See also

    * profer

    External links

    * * * ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Noun

    (head)
  • Indefinite plural of .

    • prefer

    English

    Alternative forms

    * * preferre

    Verb

    (preferr)
  • *, II.3.2:
  • *: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.
  • :
  • *
  • *:"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.

    • Usage notes

    * The verb can be used in three different forms: *
  • 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 .

    • Derived terms

    * preference * preferential