Preference vs Foredeal - What's the difference?
preference | foredeal |
The selection of one thing or person over others.
The option to so select, and the one selected.
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A strong liking or personal valuation.
A preferential bias; partiality; discrimination.
Preferans, a card game, principally played in Eastern Europe.
(US) To give preferential treatment to; to give a preference to.
An advantage; benefit; profit.
*1965 , Brewer, Brodie, Gairdner, Letters and papers, foreign and domestic, of the reign of Henry VIII :
*1889 , Sir thomas Mallory, La morte d'Arthure: The history of King Arthur and of the Knights
*1846 , Miles Coverdale, Remains of Miles Coverdale (Hope of the Faithful) :
The first place; lead; precedence; preference.
Progress; advancement.
As nouns the difference between preference and foredeal
is that preference is the selection of one thing or person over others while foredeal is an advantage; benefit; profit.As verbs the difference between preference and foredeal
is that preference is to give preferential treatment to; to give a preference to while foredeal is to store; lay past; keep in reserve; hoard.preference
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(wikipedia preference)Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
(Preferans) (en noun)Obama's once hip brand is now tainted, passage=Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet. Perhaps we assume that our name, address and search preferences will be viewed by some unseen pair of corporate eyes, probably not human, and don't mind that much.}}
Verb
(preferenc)See also
* preferences ----foredeal
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* (l), (l), (l) * (l) (erroneous) * (l), (l) (Scotland)Noun
(en noun)- [...] and at a great foredeal' already; [and as for] such ' foredeal that they despair not of the...a deal, but that through the help of God, [our Grace and] other good ministers, these personages which [shall be now] sent shall undoubtedly conclude [...]
- And thus the battaile was great, and oftentimes that one partie was at a foredele and anon at an afterdele, which endured long.
- And though this be a great foredeal , and an excellent jewel, yet the great and unspeakable glory, that in time to come shall be declared in us, hath not yet appeared.
