different between preference vs attraction

English

Alternative forms

• præference (archaic)

Etymology 1

From Middle French preference, from Medieval Latin preferentia. Doublet of preferans.

Morphologically prefer +? -ence.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p??f(?)?(?)ns/

Noun

preference (countable and uncountable, plural preferences)

1. The selection of one thing or person over others (with the main adposition being "for" in relation to the thing or person, but possibly also "of")

   He has a preference for crisp wines.

2. The option to so select, and the one selected.

3. The state of being preferred over others.
4. A strong liking or personal valuation.
5. A preferential bias; partiality; discrimination.

Synonyms

• forechoice
• (preferential bias): see Thesaurus:predilection

Derived terms

• preference share(s}
• preference stock

Translations

Verb

preference (third-person singular simple present preferences, present participle preferencing, simple past and past participle preferenced)

1. (US) To give preferential treatment to; to give a preference to.

See also

• preferences

Etymology 2

Noun

preference (uncountable)

1. Preferans, a card game, principally played in Eastern Europe.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?pr?f?r?nt?s?]

Noun

preference f

1. preference (selection of one thing or person over others)

Derived terms

• preferen?ní

Related terms

• See oferta
• preferovat

See also

• up?ednostn?ní

Further reading

• preference in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• preference in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Middle French

Noun

preference f (plural preferences)

1. preference (option preferred over another option)

English

Etymology

From Middle English attraccioun, from Old French attraction, from Latin attractio from past participle of attrah? (= ad + trah?), equivalent to attract +? -ion

Pronunciation

• (US, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??t?æk??n/, [??t?æk?(??)n], [??t???æk?(??)n]
• Rhymes: -æk??n

Noun

attraction (countable and uncountable, plural attractions)

1. The tendency to attract.

2. The feeling of being attracted.

3. (countable) An event, location, or business that has a tendency to draw interest from visitors, and in many cases, local residents.

4. (chess) The sacrifice of pieces in order to expose the enemy king.
5. (linguistics) An error in language production that incorrectly extends a feature from one word in a sentence to another, e.g. when a verb agrees with a noun other than its subject.

Synonyms

• charm
• pull

Antonyms

• repulsion

See also

• orientation

Translations

Anagrams

• tractation

French

Etymology

From Old French attraction, from Latin attracti?.

Pronunciation

Noun

attraction f (plural attractions)

1. attraction (all senses)

Derived terms

• parc d'attractions

Descendants

• ? Hungarian: attrakció

Further reading

• “attraction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).