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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
grammar - When to use smaller or less - English Language Usage . . . The general rule for using 'small' is in reference to the size of something So, for example The pile of junk has gotten smaller Less is used in cases where there is a lower amount of something that does not have defined quantities You cannot accurately quantize 'junk' There is less junk than before You would use fewer if you had a way of quantizing the subject of discussion For example
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
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 - Is the account balance less or smaller when we . . . A large negative balance is certainly not smaller than a small positive balance, but it is less, by the accepted meaning of the word To say that one amount is smaller than another is, strictly speaking, to preclude the possibility of its being negative, or otherwise to assume that one is speaking of non-negative amounts