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- Word for smaller version of - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I'm looking for a descriptive words to indicate "smaller than the standard version" Example: I have a html form with some inputs The inputs come in sizes (eg small, normal, large) Those sizes
- What do we call the “rd” in “3ʳᵈ” and the “th” in “9ᵗʰ”?
Our numbers have a specific two-letter combination that tells us how the number sounds For example 9th 3rd 301st What do we call these special sounds?
- Smaller vs. less vs. lesser - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Smaller in amount, value, or importance, especially in a comparison between two things: chose the lesser evil Of a smaller size than other, similar forms: the lesser anteater Lesser refers to something discrete and is a specific comparison between two things Less is also comparative, but does not refer to an explicit amount I want less sugar
- What is a word that describes cities, towns, and villages?
Closed 6 years ago According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a city is "an inhabited place of greater size, population, or importance than a town or village"; a town is "a compactly settled area usually larger than a village but smaller than a city"; and a village is "a settlement usually larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town"
- differences - Lower number vs. smaller number - English Language . . .
Is −9 a smaller number than −8? And is −9 a lower number than −8? What is the difference between lower and smaller here?
- word usage - The number is smaller, fewer or less than? - English . . .
You can say that a number is either less than or smaller than another number, although looking at Ngrams, people usually say less than So both (3) and (4) should be acceptable answers, but maybe (3) is best
- Less or lower - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I am struggeling with deciding between 'less' or 'lower' For example I have the three sentences: Method A leads, on average, to 50 kWh less lower surplus energy per day The results show that the
- Adjective small vs short while describing length i. e. small length . . .
The dictionary definitions provide an authoritative answer to this extent: "short" is defined in terms of "length," while "small" is defined in terms of dimensions (plural) So you are correct that "short length" would be redundant (generally speaking - I can imagine a dressmaker referring to a "short length" for pants or a dress) But "of small length" is not quite right, either, because
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