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- What is the difference between largest and biggest?
What is the largest lake in the world? Compare this to 'the biggest lake' To my mind, the largest is the one with the greatest surface area, the biggest may have a smaller surface area but be deeper and therefore contain more water and be 'bigger' Of course, one could just as well assign the other way but there IS a distinction I think
- The largest, greatest, highest or biggest number of
The largest, greatest, highest or biggest number of Ask Question Asked 7 years, 1 month ago Modified 7 years, 1 month ago
- phrases - single largest or largest single - English Language . . .
In "the single largest factor", "single" is technically redundant, save for excluding the possibility of joint winners When used (by someone who understands the language) it's serves as an intensifier, basically making the phrase mean "the largest factor by far"
- In mathematics, when referring to pure numbers is largest or biggest . . .
When referring to a list of number is largest or biggest correct? For example, I want to find the biggest number in an array Or should it be the largest number Finally, would either biggest or
- mathematics - greatest or largest number - English Language Usage . . .
a) 7 is the smallest and 9 is the greatest number or b) 7 is the smallest and 9 is the largest number The research so far indicates that both terms largest and greatest are used in educational material Largest implies size, but greater implies value, so greater seems more appropriate when dealing with abstract concepts
- adjectives - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
a second-best decision third-largest town fourth-to-last contestant he arrived fourth to last Unfortunately, none of these examples show how to hyphenate a phrase that uses most rather than -est to form a superlative adjective The example of fourth-to-last shows hyphenation between all words in the phrase, not just after the word fourth
- Largest snake to ever live discovered in an Indian mine. VS Largest . . .
This is a title from a scientific magazine about how various animals lived on earth thousands of years ago Here is the title: Largest snake to ever live discovered in an Indian mine Wildlife maga
- word usage - Can we say majority to the largest portion when it . . .
What about the second pie chart? In the second pie chart the largest portion is less than 50% Can I still consider the group "c" as majority in it? Based on the Cambridge Dictionary it seems ambiguous: (1) the larger number or part of something, (2) more than half of a total number or amount
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