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The words rather and fairly have a very similar meaning. They can mean "moderately" or "significantly" depending on the sentences they are in.

For example:

That was a rather big fish he caught.

and:

That was a fairly big fish he caught.

In the sentences above, rather and fairly have the same meaning.

However, the word rather can also be used to make a comparison, and fairly cannot.

For example:

I'd rather eat a fish than a squid.

Rather is used for comparison purposes. If you replaced rather with fairly, the sentence would no longer make sense.

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