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- Difference between greater and larger - English Language Usage . . .
What is the difference between greater and larger? For example, should we say for time, the waiting time is greater than or the waiting time is larger than?
- What is the correct adjective for weight mass of objects, heavy or . . .
The units of mass or any other qualified noun are irrelevant: a mass of 10 kg is larger than that of 1 kg whether you measure the mass in kg, tonnes, ounces or milligrams And I do say "large rucksack", as is shown in google ngram If the sack is full it may be heavy; if empty it is light
- word choice - Qualifying weights. Are they higher, bigger . . .
Both 'greater' and 'bigger' are correct English in this context 'Higher' is technically incorrect, (since no actual height is involved), though it is commonly used and many would consider it correct 'Higher valued weights' would be perfectly correct 'Bigger' is seen as an informal word and might not be acceptable in formal writing
- technical - Word for: A river than splits into two, later rejoining . . .
A tributary is river or stream that flows into a larger river A distributary a stream branching off a river Is there a word that combines both structures, the idea of a river that splits in two
- The bigger, the better - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The C (x) ones are C (y) than C (~x) ones <-> The smaller ones are faster than the larger ones The elisions implied by the idiom make it difficult to diagram the idiomatic sentence directly
- Diameter comparison: larger, bigger, higher, greater?
Going by Google result hits "larger diameter" 7'420'000 results `"greater diameter" 1'020'000 results "higher diameter" 852'000 results "bigger diameter" 738'000 results So after this I would go with larger but am not sure why and if this is the correct or best choice Edit: Added also greater as possiblity as per comment Did not think of that
- adjective position - What is the difference of meaning between a . . .
Personally, I think "larger" in both phrases sounds slightly more natural (more so for "a larger size") although from e g this transcript it seems "big" "bigger" is more common This doesn't affect the difference between the two phrases though
- Why is a 100% increase the same amount as a two-fold increase?
An "increase" can be an amount added on to one number to make a larger number or it can be the fact that a smaller number was replaced by a larger one Both uses of "increase" are common in various forms
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