precious / valuable

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1   Thank you for that valuable information.2   Diamonds are a kind of precious stone.Would it be correct to use valuable in 2 and precious in 1? If not, why?

Marius Hancu · Accepted Answer

Now you decide

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VALUABLE may suggest hope or chance or great gain or usefulness or of high price in sale or exchange <how valuable these lands were to become Congress could hardly guess, nor did it suspect that the grants in the northern part of the state were to be worth millions in timber and iron -- American Guide Series: Minnesota>

PRECIOUS may stress extremely great value, often value brought about by rareness or scarcity <a precious thing, a treasure beyond diamonds or rubies -- Jack London> <we of the Bounty's launch had been so accustomed to thinking of wine and spirits as the most precious of commodities, to be taken only a spoonful at a time -- C.B.Nordhoff & J.N.Hall>

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