It depends on a sentence. Here it is how I see it (though I am not a native speaker :-) ) Sometimes such is used to emphasize something, sometimes as means of comparison with something else. Rather is generally used to emphasize something and is close in meaning to very .
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It depends on a sentence. Here it is how I see it (though I am not a native speaker :-) )
Sometimes such is used to emphasize something, sometimes as means of comparison with something else.
Rather is generally used to emphasize something and is close in meaning to very.
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