rather than和instead of的用法?

两个都有而不是的意思.
instead of也有代替的意思.是个介词词组,后面通常跟名词、代词或动词的-ing形式等.
Instead of giving him the money,she gave it to me .
I want to be a tour guide rather than an English teacher.
I will play basketball instead of swimming.
rather than 它的意思是而不是.常用于平行结构,用来连接两个词性相同的,并列的成分.
rather than后跟动名词时是个介词短语,表示“而不是,”相当于instead of .