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Choice vs. Choose — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Choice and Choose

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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.

Choose

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

Choice

An act of choosing between two or more possibilities
The choice between good and evil

Choose

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

Choice

(especially of food) of very good quality
He picked some choice early plums
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Choose

To determine or decide
Chose to fly rather than drive.

Choice

(of words or language) rude and abusive
He had a few choice words at his command

Choose

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

Choice

The act of choosing; selection
It is time to make a choice between the candidates.

Choose

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

The power, right, or liberty to choose; option
The teacher gave me the choice between taking an exam and writing a paper.

Choose

To elect.
He was chosen as president in 1990.

Choice

An alternative
With no money, he had no choice but to walk home.

Choose

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

Choice

One that is chosen
That vase on sale looks like an excellent choice.

Choose

To prefer; to wish; to desire.

Choice

A number or variety from which to choose
A wide choice of styles and colors.

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".

Choice

The right to terminate a pregnancy by induced abortion.

Choose

The act of choosing; selection.

Choice

Of very fine quality
Choice peaches.

Choose

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

Choice

Selected with care; well-chosen
Choice phrases.

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.

Choice

Expressive of intense disapproval
Had some choice words for the movers who dropped her antique spinet.

Choose

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

Choice

Of or relating to the USDA grade of beef with more marbling than select cuts and less marbling than prime cuts.

Choose

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

Choice

An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.
Do I have a choice of what color to paint it?

Choose

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

Choice

(uncountable) The power to choose.
She didn't leave us much choice.

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

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.

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

Choice

Anything that can be chosen.
You have three choices: vanilla, strawberry or chocolate

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

Choice

The best or most preferable part.

Choice

(obsolete) Care and judgement in selecting; discrimination, selectiveness.

Choice

(obsolete) A sufficient number to choose among.

Choice

(set theory) axiom of choice.

Choice

Especially good or preferred.
It's a choice location, but you will pay more to live there.

Choice

(obsolete) Careful in choosing; discriminating.

Choice

Cool; excellent.
"I'm going to the movies." —"Choice!"

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.

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.

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.

Choice

A sufficient number to choose among.

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.

Choice

The best part; that which is preferable.
The flower and choiceOf many provinces from bound to bound.

Choice

Worthly of being chosen or preferred; select; superior; precious; valuable.
My choicest hours of life are lost.

Choice

Preserving or using with care, as valuable; frugal; - used with of; as, to be choice of time, or of money.

Choice

Selected with care, and due attention to preference; deliberately chosen.
Choice word measured phrase.

Choice

The person or thing chosen or selected;
He was my pick for mayor

Choice

The act of choosing or selecting;
Your choice of colors was unfortunate
You can take your pick

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

Choice

Of superior grade;
Choice wines
Prime beef
Prize carnations
Quality paper
Select peaches

Choice

Appealing to refined taste;
Choice wine

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