Choice vs. Prime — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Choice and Prime
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Choice
A choice is the range of different things from which you can choose. The arrival at a choice may incorporate motivators and models.
Prime
First or highest in rank or importance; main
Our prime consideration is for the children's safety. See Usage Note at perfect.
Choice
An act of choosing between two or more possibilities
The choice between good and evil
Prime
Highest in quality; excellent
Prime real estate.
Choice
(especially of food) of very good quality
He picked some choice early plums
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Prime
Being the most desired or suitable example of something
A prime candidate for the study.
Choice
(of words or language) rude and abusive
He had a few choice words at his command
Prime
Of or relating to the USDA highest grade of beef, having abundant marbling and usually only sold at restaurants.
Choice
The act of choosing; selection
It is time to make a choice between the candidates.
Prime
First or early in time, order, or sequence
The prime action of the drug.
Choice
The power, right, or liberty to choose; option
The teacher gave me the choice between taking an exam and writing a paper.
Prime
(Mathematics) Of, relating to, or being a prime number.
Choice
An alternative
With no money, he had no choice but to walk home.
Prime
The period of greatest physical and mental robustness
Athletes in the prime of their lives.
Choice
One that is chosen
That vase on sale looks like an excellent choice.
Prime
The period of best performance or peak activity
This car is definitely past its prime.
Choice
A number or variety from which to choose
A wide choice of styles and colors.
Prime
To make ready; prepare
Guard dogs primed for attack.
Choice
The right to terminate a pregnancy by induced abortion.
Prime
To prepare (a gun or mine) for firing by inserting a charge of gunpowder or a primer.
Choice
Of very fine quality
Choice peaches.
Prime
To prepare for operation, as by pouring water into a pump or gasoline into a carburetor.
Choice
Selected with care; well-chosen
Choice phrases.
Prime
To prepare (a surface) for painting by covering with size, primer, or an undercoat.
Choice
Expressive of intense disapproval
Had some choice words for the movers who dropped her antique spinet.
Prime
To inform or instruct beforehand; coach.
Choice
Of or relating to the USDA grade of beef with more marbling than select cuts and less marbling than prime cuts.
Prime
To become prepared for future action or operation.
Choice
An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.
Do I have a choice of what color to paint it?
Prime
First in importance, degree, or rank.
Our prime concern here is to keep the community safe.
Choice
(uncountable) The power to choose.
She didn't leave us much choice.
Prime
First in time, order, or sequence.
Both the English and French governments established prime meridians in their capitals.
Choice
One selection or preference; that which is chosen or decided; the outcome of a decision.
The ice cream sundae is a popular choice for dessert.
Prime
First in excellence, quality, or value.
This is a prime location for a bookstore.
Choice
Anything that can be chosen.
You have three choices: vanilla, strawberry or chocolate
Prime
Having exactly two integral factors: itself and unity (1 in the case of integers).
Thirteen is a prime number.
Choice
The best or most preferable part.
Prime
Such that if it divides a product, it divides one of the multiplicands.
Choice
(obsolete) Care and judgement in selecting; discrimination, selectiveness.
Prime
(mathematics) Having its complement closed under multiplication: said only of ideals.
Choice
(obsolete) A sufficient number to choose among.
Prime
Marked or distinguished by the prime symbol.
Choice
(set theory) axiom of choice.
Prime
Early; blooming; being in the first stage.
Choice
Especially good or preferred.
It's a choice location, but you will pay more to live there.
Prime
(obsolete) Lecherous, lewd, lustful.
Choice
(obsolete) Careful in choosing; discriminating.
Prime
(historical) The first hour of daylight; the first canonical hour.
Choice
Cool; excellent.
"I'm going to the movies." —"Choice!"
Prime
(Christianity) The religious service appointed to this hour.
Choice
Act of choosing; the voluntary act of selecting or separating from two or more things that which is preferred; the determination of the mind in preferring one thing to another; election.
Prime
(obsolete) The early morning generally.
Choice
The power or opportunity of choosing; option.
Choice there is not, unless the thing which we take be so in our power that we might have refused it.
Prime
The earliest stage of something.
Choice
Care in selecting; judgment or skill in distinguishing what is to be preferred, and in giving a preference; discrimination.
I imagine they [the apothegms of Cæsar] were collected with judgment and choice.
Prime
The most active, thriving, or successful stage or period.
Choice
A sufficient number to choose among.
Prime
The chief or best individual or part.
Choice
The thing or person chosen; that which is approved and selected in preference to others; selection.
The common wealth is sick of their own choice.
Prime
(music) The first note or tone of a musical scale.
Choice
The best part; that which is preferable.
The flower and choiceOf many provinces from bound to bound.
Prime
(fencing) The first defensive position, with the sword hand held at head height, and the tip of the sword at head height.
Choice
Worthly of being chosen or preferred; select; superior; precious; valuable.
My choicest hours of life are lost.
Prime
A prime element of a mathematical structure, particularly a prime number.
3 is a prime.
Choice
Preserving or using with care, as valuable; frugal; - used with of; as, to be choice of time, or of money.
Prime
(card games) A four-card hand containing one card of each suit in the game of primero; the opposite of a flush in poker.
Choice
Selected with care, and due attention to preference; deliberately chosen.
Choice word measured phrase.
Prime
(backgammon) Six consecutive blocks, which prevent the opponent's pieces from passing.
I'm threatening to build a prime here.
Choice
The person or thing chosen or selected;
He was my pick for mayor
Prime
The symbol ′ used to indicate feet, minutes, derivation and other measures and mathematical operations.
Choice
The act of choosing or selecting;
Your choice of colors was unfortunate
You can take your pick
Prime
Any number expressing the combining weight or equivalent of any particular element; so called because these numbers were respectively reduced to their lowest relative terms on the fixed standard of hydrogen as 1.
Choice
One of a number of things from which only one can be chosen;
What option did I have?
There no other alternative
My only choice is to refuse
Prime
An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system.
Choice
Of superior grade;
Choice wines
Prime beef
Prize carnations
Quality paper
Select peaches
Prime
(obsolete) The priming in a flintlock.
Choice
Appealing to refined taste;
Choice wine
Prime
A feather, from the wing of the cock ostrich, that is of the palest possible shade.
Prime
(cycling) An intermediate sprint within a race, usually offering a prize and/or points.
Prime
(transitive) To prepare a mechanism for its main work.
You'll have to press this button twice to prime the fuel pump.
Prime
(transitive) To apply a coat of primer paint to.
I need to prime these handrails before we can apply the finish coat.
Prime
To be renewed.
Prime
(intransitive) To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
Prime
To work so that foaming occurs from too violent ebullition, which causes water to become mixed with, and be carried along with, the steam that is formed.
Prime
To apply priming to (a musket or cannon); to apply a primer to (a metallic cartridge).
Prime
To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to coach.
To prime a witness
The boys are primed for mischief.
Prime
To trim or prune.
To prime trees
Prime
(math) To mark with a prime mark.
Prime
First in order of time; original; primeval; primitive; primary.
She was not the prime cause, but I myself.
Prime
First in rank, degree, dignity, authority, or importance; as, prime minister.
Prime
First in excellence; of highest quality; as, prime wheat; a prime quality of cloth.
Prime
Early; blooming; being in the first stage.
His starry helm, unbuckled, showed him primeIn manhood where youth ended.
Prime
Lecherous; lustful; lewd.
Prime
Marked or distinguished by a mark (´) called a prime mark.
Prime
Divisible by no number except itself or unity; as, 7 is a prime number.
Prime
The first part; the earliest stage; the beginning or opening, as of the day, the year, etc.; hence, the dawn; the spring.
In the very prime of the world.
Hope waits upon the flowery prime.
Prime
The spring of life; youth; hence, full health, strength, or beauty; perfection.
Prime
That which is first in quantity; the most excellent portion; the best part.
Give him always of the prime.
Prime
The morning; specifically (R. C. Ch.), the first canonical hour, succeeding to lauds.
Early and late it rung, at evening and at prime.
They sleep till that it was pryme large.
Prime
The first of the chief guards.
Prime
Any number expressing the combining weight or equivalent of any particular element; - so called because these numbers were respectively reduced to their lowest relative terms on the fixed standard of hydrogen as 1.
Prime
To apply priming to, as a musket or a cannon; to apply a primer to, as a metallic cartridge.
Prime
To lay the first color, coating, or preparation upon (a surface), as in painting; as, to prime a canvas, a wall.
Prime
To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to post; to coach; as, to prime a witness; the boys are primed for mischief.
Prime
To trim or prune, as trees.
Prime
To mark with a prime mark.
Prime
To be renewed, or as at first.
Night's bashful empress, though she often wane,As oft repeats her darkness, primes again.
Prime
To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
Prime
To work so that foaming occurs from too violent ebullition, which causes water to become mixed with, and be carried along with, the steam that is formed; - said of a steam boiler.
Prime
A number that has no factor but itself and 1
Prime
The period of greatest prosperity or productivity
Prime
The second canonical hour; about 6 a.m.
Prime
The time of maturity when power and vigor are greatest
Prime
Insert a primer into (a gun, mine, charge, etc.) preparatory to detonation or firing;
Prime a cannon
Prime a mine
Prime
Cover with a primer; apply a primer to
Prime
Fill with priming liquid;
Prime a car engine
Prime
First in rank or degree;
An architect of premier rank
The prime minister
Prime
Used of the first or originating agent;
Prime mover
Prime
Of superior grade;
Choice wines
Prime beef
Prize carnations
Quality paper
Select peaches
Prime
Of or relating to or being an integer that cannot be factored into other integers;
Prime number
Prime
At the best stage;
Our manhood's prime vigor
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