EducationAisle wrote:
Hi Ajay, generally speaking, ratherthan shows "comparative preference" for the first item over the second one, while insteadof means "in place of someone or something".
p.s. Our book EducationAisle Sentence Correction Nirvana discusses "instead of" vs "ratherthan" . Have attached the corresponding section of the book, for yourreference.
i would like to eat vanila icream rather than eating chocolate icecream
i would like to eat vanila icream instead
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