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Choice vs. Prime — What's the Difference?

Choice vs. Prime — What's the Difference?

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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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