For example, should we say for time, the waiting time is greater than or the waiting time is larger than? I was wondering which one is more correct between the larger of a and b and the larger of a or b I use the former, but i saw in irs instruction for form 1040 In most cases, your federal in. 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 Added also greater as possiblity as per comment
Did not think of that. 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. The word describes the phenomenon of a larger organised system that does more or has another function than the collective sum of its constituent parts
I'm searching for a rare word that means a small space/dwelling that is much larger on the inside than it appears from the exterior It has been in 2 stories i know of Shown as a magical tent Would it be ok to say from smaller to larger or do i have to say from smallest to largest e.g., i'm using the batteries from smallest/smaller to largest/larger capacity. The cambridge dictionary defines big as large and large as big. there is no difference in the implied size, which is relative to other quantities Large is simply larger than medium, and much larger than small
It is relative to the norm or expectation of the size of that item, or the size of the item being considered by the speaker/writer Idiom often determines the usage We often say things become increasingly larger/bigger, like the problem of [.] is becoming an increasingly larger issue I was wondering if the addition of the word increasingly is simply used to stress the growth, or if it implies that the rate of growth itself is also increasing (exponentially, for instance).
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