Timeline for Lesser is to less, as ___ is to more? What's the equivalent of "morer"?
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| Nov 20, 2021 at 19:25 | comment | added | MarcInManhattan | "Greater" can be used as the opposite of "lesser" in several contexts. For example, you could choose "the lesser of two evils" or "the greater of two evils". Children who are not "of a lesser god" would presumably be "of a greater god". And so forth. | |
| Nov 20, 2021 at 6:50 | vote | accept | CommunityBot | ||
| Aug 26, 2021 at 0:16 | answer | added | gotube♦ | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 25, 2021 at 8:54 | comment | added | bigbadmouse | i'm not sure I'd use lesser except in terms of animals or perhaps a geographical feature like a village or a hill, and Greater would be its opposite | |
| Aug 25, 2021 at 7:56 | comment | added | Kate Bunting | In such things as bird names, it's greater. If lesser is a comparative of little, greater is a comparative of great or large. | |
| Aug 25, 2021 at 6:41 | history | asked | user8712 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |