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Recommend vs Preferred - What's the difference?

recommend | preferred |

As verbs the difference between recommend and preferred

is that recommend is to bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice while preferred is past tense of prefer.

As an adjective preferred is

favoured.

As a noun preferred is

preferred stock.

recommend

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.
    • The board recommends Philips, given his ample experience in similar positions.
  • To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
  • To advise, propose, counsel favorably
    • The therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body.
  • (archaic) To commit, confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representations
    • ''A medieval oblate's parents recommended the boy for life to God and the monastery

    Usage notes

    * This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . See

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * discourage * disapprove * oppose

    Derived terms

    * recommendable * recommendatory * recommended * recommender

    Related terms

    * recommendation

    Anagrams

    * English reporting verbs

    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.}}