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Preferred vs Preferable - What's the difference?

preferred | preferable |

As adjectives the difference between preferred and preferable

is that preferred is favoured while preferable is better than some other option; preferred.

As a verb preferred

is past tense of prefer.

As a noun preferred

is preferred stock.

preferred

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Verb

(head)
  • (prefer)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • favoured

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (finance) Preferred stock.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2008, date=March 30, author=Gretchen Morgenson, title=If You Can’t Sell, Good Luck, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Naturally, closed-end funds’ common shareholders love the juice that auction-rate preferreds provide.}}

    preferable

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Better than some other option; preferred.
  • *

    • Derived terms

    * preferably