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Preference vs Precedence - What's the difference?

preference | precedence |

As nouns the difference between preference and precedence

is that preference is the selection of one thing or person over others while precedence is the state of preceding in importance or priority.

As a verb preference

is to give preferential treatment to; to give a preference to.

preference

English

(wikipedia preference)

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

(Preferans) (en noun)
  • The selection of one thing or person over others.
  • The option to so select, and the one selected.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-14, author=(Jonathan Freedland)
    • , volume=189, issue=1, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= 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.}}
  • The state of being preferred over others.
  • A strong liking or personal valuation.
  • A preferential bias; partiality; discrimination.
  • Preferans, a card game, principally played in Eastern Europe.

    • Verb

    (preferenc)
  • (US) To give preferential treatment to; to give a preference to.

    • See also

    * preferences ----

    precedence

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The state of preceding in importance or priority.
    • Family takes precedence over work, in an emergency.

    Derived terms

    * order of precedence