But rather shows contract, and it is used with nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and adverbs. Notice that the main clause in each of these is negative and that there is a comma (,) before the conjunction.
Noun: He doesn't need money, but rather love, since he is already a millionaire.
Pronoun: I don't want the blue one, but rather the red one.
Adjective: Don't paint the house red, but rather yellow, since all the others are light colored.
Adverb: They did not drive slowly to the hospital, but rather quickly, as the mother was about to deliver her baby.
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