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Choose vs. Prefer — What's the Difference?

Choose vs. Prefer — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Choose and Prefer

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Choose

To select from a number of possible alternatives; decide on and pick out
Which book did you choose at the library?.

Prefer

Like (one thing or person) better than another or others; tend to choose
Val would presumably prefer that you didn't get arrested
I prefer Venice to Rome
I would prefer to discuss the matter in private

Choose

To prefer above others
Chooses the supermarket over the neighborhood grocery store.

Prefer

Submit (a charge or a piece of information) for consideration
The police will prefer charges

Choose

To determine or decide
Chose to fly rather than drive.
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Prefer

Promote or advance (someone) to a prestigious position
He was eventually preferred to the bishopric of Durham

Choose

To make a choice; make a selection
Was used to doing as she chose.

Prefer

To choose or be in the habit of choosing as more desirable or as having more value
Prefers coffee to tea.

Choose

To pick; to make the choice of; to select.
I chose a nice ripe apple from the fruit bowl.

Prefer

To give priority or precedence to (a creditor).

Choose

To elect.
He was chosen as president in 1990.

Prefer

To present (a charge) against a defendant before a court
Prefer an indictment.

Choose

To decide to act in a certain way.
I chose to walk to work today.

Prefer

To present (a case) to a court as ready for consideration
Prefer the case for trial.

Choose

To prefer; to wish; to desire.

Prefer

(Archaic) To recommend for advancement or appointment; promote.

Choose

(mathematics) The binomial coefficient of the previous and following number.
The number of distinct subsets of size k from a set of size n is \tbinom nk or "n choose k".

Prefer

(transitive) To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better.
I prefer tea to coffee.
I'd prefer it if you didn't do it.

Choose

The act of choosing; selection.

Prefer

To advance, promote (someone or something).

Choose

The power, right, or privilege of choosing; election.

Prefer

(transitive) To present or submit (something) to an authority (now usually in "to prefer charges").

Choose

To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more objects offered; to elect; as, to choose the least of two evils.
Choose me for a humble friend.

Prefer

To put forward for acceptance; to introduce, recommend (to).

Choose

To wish; to desire; to prefer.
The landlady now returned to know if we did not choose a more genteel apartment.

Prefer

To carry or bring (something) forward, or before one; hence, to bring for consideration, acceptance, judgment, etc.; to offer; to present; to proffer; to address; - said especially of a request, prayer, petition, claim, charge, etc.
He spake, and to her hand preferred the bowl.
Presently prefer his suit to Cæsar.
Three tongues prefer strange orisons on high.

Choose

To make a selection; to decide.
They had only to choose between implicit obedience and open rebellion.

Prefer

To go before, or be before, in estimation; to outrank; to surpass.

Choose

To do otherwise.
Thou canst not choose but know who I am.

Prefer

To cause to go before; hence, to advance before others, as to an office or dignity; to raise; to exalt; to promote; as, to prefer an officer to the rank of general.
I would prefer him to a better place.

Choose

Pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives;
Take any one of these cards
Choose a good husband for your daughter
She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her

Prefer

To set above or before something else in estimation, favor, or liking; to regard or honor before another; to hold in greater favor; to choose rather; - often followed by to, before, or above.
If I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
Preferred an infamous peace before a most just war.

Choose

Select as an alternative; choose instead; prefer as an alternative;
I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant
She opted for the job on the East coast

Prefer

Like better; value more highly;
Some people prefer camping to staying in hotels
We prefer sleeping outside

Choose

See fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way;
She chose not to attend classes and now she failed the exam

Prefer

Select as an alternative; choose instead; prefer as an alternative;
I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant
She opted for the job on the East coast

Prefer

Promote over another;
He favors his second daughter

Prefer

Give preference to one creditor over another

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