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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"
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
word choice - English Language Usage Stack Exchange In "x times smaller," the word "smaller" inverts the ratio There are of course other ways of expressing this, but that's a matter of style Using "by a factor of" doesn't necessarily fix things: (1) A millimeter is ten times smaller than a centimeter (2) A millimeter is smaller than a centimeter by a factor of 10
Difference between town, city and metropolis? Here's the order as described by the New Oxford American Dictionary: hamlet: a small settlement, generally one smaller than a village village: a group of houses and associated buildings, larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town, situated in a rural area town: an urban area that has a name, defined boundaries, and local government, and that is larger than a village and generally smaller
word choice - What is the name of the symbols - and gt;? I know that ^ is called a caret, but this doesn't seem to apply to the similarly shaped but nonetheless different lt; and > symbols The only names I've heard them called is the less-than sign and