preferred stock vs preference shares

preferred stock and preference shares both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
preferred stock	Yes	No	No	No
preference shares	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, preferred stock and preference shares are synonyms defined as:

preferred stock and preference shares: stock whose holders are guaranteed priority in the payment of dividends but whose holders have no voting rights

Other synonyms of preferred stock include preferred shares.

preferred stock (noun)	preference shares (noun)
stock whose holders are guaranteed priority in the payment of dividends but whose holders have no voting rights	stock whose holders are guaranteed priority in the payment of dividends but whose holders have no voting rights