LESS vs SMALLER: NOUN
- A smaller amount.
- Something not as important as something else.
- The inferior, younger, or smaller.
- A smaller portion or quantity.
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LESS vs SMALLER: ADJECTIVE
- (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer
- (usually preceded by `no') lower in quality
- Not as great in amount or quantity.
- Lower in importance, esteem, or rank.
- Consisting of a smaller number.
- (usually preceded by `no') lower in esteem
- Smaller; not so large or great; not so much; shorter; inferior
- (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree
- Comparative form of small: more small
- Small or little relative to something else
LESS vs SMALLER: TRANSITIVE VERB
- To make less; to lessen.
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LESS vs SMALLER: ADVERB
- Used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
- Comparative of little
- In lower degree
- To a smaller extent, degree, or frequency.
- To smaller extent
- Not so much; in a smaller or lower degree
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LESS vs SMALLER: PREPOSITION
- With the deduction of; minus.
- Minus; not including
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LESS vs SMALLER: OTHER WORD TYPES
- In a smaller or lower degree; to an inferior extent, amount, etc.; in a decreased or abated way or manner: as, less prudent; less carefully executed; to exaggerate less; to think less of a person.
- Unless.
- A common English suffix forming, from nouns, adjectives meaning ‘without’ (lacking, wanting, void of, destitute of) the thing or quality denoted by the noun: as. childless, without a child; fatherless, without a father; endless, without end; hopeless, without hope; leafless, without leaves; shameless, without shame; so motherless, penniless, faithless, godless, graceless, lawless, witless, remediless, tasteless, etc.
- To make less; lessen.
- To become less; lessen.
- Not so much or so large; of smaller quantity, amount, bulk, or capacity; inferior in dimensions, extent, or duration: as, less honor or reward; less profit or possessions; less time; less distance; less scope or range; the reward is less than he deserves; a man of less courage or ability; an article of less, weight or value.
- Synonyms Smaller, Less, Fewer. Smaller is rather more exact than less, but is used freely of persons and of things both concrete and abstract: as, a smaller man, soul, size. Less is not used of persons: as, less trouble, happiness, size, degree; less of an evil. With reference to size and number, the proper words are smaller and fewer. “This apple is less than that,” “There were less people there than I expected,” are inelegant and erroneous, although similar expressions are often used both in speech and in writing. While the latter, however, is in excusable, the former may be used sparingly without offense in certain collocations, especially in poetry. The allusion to the mustard-seed in Mark iv. 31 appears to be the only example in the Bible of the use of less in the sense of ‘smaller in size.’ In Shakspere's plays the word occurs more than two hundred times, and in Milton's poems more than a hundred; in the former it is used only four or five times and in the latter three times in the sense of ‘smaller in size,’ and never in that of ‘fewer.’
- Not so great, considerable, or important; of smaller scope or consequence; lower in the scale: as, St. James the Less; his honors are less than his deserts.
- (idiom) (less than) Not at all.
- (idiom) (much/still) Certainly not.
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LESS vs SMALLER: RELATED WORDS
- Slower, Worse, Lighter, Cheaper, Shorter, Even, Longer, Greater, Decreasingly, Most, More, To a lesser extent, Inferior, Lower, Fewer
- Slower, Less, Lesser, Leaner, Cheaper, Tiny, Lower, Thinner, Shorter, Slimmer, Fewer, Narrower, Tinier, Little, Littler
LESS vs SMALLER: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Much, Slower, Worse, Lighter, Cheaper, Shorter, Even, Longer, Greater, Decreasingly, Most, More, Inferior, Lower, Fewer
- Slower, Less, Lesser, Leaner, Cheaper, Tiny, Lower, Thinner, Shorter, Slimmer, Fewer, Narrower, Tinier, Little, Littler
LESS vs SMALLER: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Number one: renting is usually less expensive overall and requires less money up front than buying a comparable home in the same area.
- The shot can make for less pain and swelling, less tissue damage, and a lower risk of death.
- Often it will make your workload less, which will lead to less stress.
- ICSID clauses in BITs while weak home governments are less likely and less capable to do so.
- Less debt means less of a financial burden once you leave school.
- These minimaist setups have two main benefits: less cost and less stuff.
- Place less positive or detrimental information in less highly visible points.
- Less invasive and less expensive is the way to go.
- We insure against less common and less costly events.
- The net result would be a less secure, less prosperous United States that is less able to exert power and influence in the world.
- In general, it is noted that smaller sand sizes are associated with mildly sloping beaches and a smaller shape parameter.
- Such services are particularly valuable to smaller organizations who rely on volunteers or smaller professional staffs.
- He considered what would happen if you broke apart any material into smaller and smaller parts.
- Do you see how the groups get smaller and smaller, ending in a single item?
- However, this will only work for smaller fish that have smaller bones.
- DC converters and controllers deliver smaller solution sizes with smaller BOMs.
- This offers a smaller footprint for apartments or smaller living rooms.
- If you made this smaller, the image would be smaller too.
- Being a smaller gimbal, the smaller motors themselves produce less noise.
- That connection time is getting smaller and smaller and smaller all the time.
LESS vs SMALLER: QUESTIONS
- Will universal health care lead to less innovation and less innovation?
- What is the less television less violence and aggression reading sample answer?
- Can eating less meat and less processed food help reduce cancer risk?
- Why are device-less manual muscle testing procedures becoming less popular?
- Why is my girlfriend talking less and listening less at work?
- Are brother-sister relationships in Bollywood becoming less and less popular?
- How much can you save with Woolworths drive less pay less?
- Is Charles Adler becoming less and less conservative?
- Is the international community becoming less and less American?
- Is the Cessna cockpit mouse-less and keyboard-less?
- What two European countries are smaller than Liechtenstein?
- Are smaller supermarkets a threat to convenience stores?
- Do master associations exist in smaller subdivisions?
- Are snoRNAs processed to generate smaller fragments?
- How can smaller insurers seek reinsurance globally?
- Is Shenandoah really smaller than Anadarko claimed?
- How smaller the release cycle the smaller should be sprint?
- Does Faith No More still play Angel Dust's smaller and smaller?
- Would you read smaller and smaller circles if your school did not?
- Do smaller chips have smaller redshift coefficient?