What is the difference between preferences and preference?
preferences | preference |
English plurals
(computing) The user-specified settings of parameters in interactive computer software
(preference)
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= 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.
(US) To give preferential treatment to; to give a preference to.
As nouns the difference between preferences and preference
is that preferences is plural of lang=enCategory:English plurals while preference is the selection of one thing or person over others.As verbs the difference between preferences and preference
is that preferences is third-person singular of preference while preference is to give preferential treatment to; to give a preference to.preferences
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
(preferences)Verb
(head)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.}}