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| better |
"Better" is a word we use when we compare how good two or more things are. If your lunch is good, but your friend's lunch is very, very good, we would say that your friend's lunch is better. In grammar, we call "better" the comparative form of the word "good." [1/6 definitions] |
| common noun |
a noun that indicates a class of things or a general member of a class of things, people, or places. Common nouns usually have articles. (Compare with "proper noun.") |
| comparative |
the comparative degree, or a form or word of this degree. (Compare with "superlative.") [1/4 definitions] |
| compare |
When you compare things, you say how they are like each other or how they are different. [3 definitions] |
| concave |
curved inward like the inside of a bowl. (Compare with "convex.") |
| contrast |
to compare in order to make differences clear. [1/4 definitions] |
| large |
When something is large, it is big. Oceans and continents are large things. Whales and elephants are large animals. A cat is not a large animal like a whale or an elephant, but it is large when you compare it with a mouse or an ant. |
| little |
a very small or insignificant amount or proportion (Compare with "a little"). [1/9 definitions] |
| texture |
The texture of a surface or material, is how it feels when you touch it. It may also be the way it looks, which gives you a sense of how it might feel. The texture of something depends on what it is made of and how things in it are put together. Think of touching a bath towel and compare that with touching a paper towel. The texture of these two things is very different. |
| than |
"Than" is a word we often use in sentences that compare two things. For example, if you are comparing the sizes of animals, you can say that a dog is bigger than a rabbit or that a cat is smaller than a lion. |
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