Better vs Bigger - What's the difference?
better | bigger | Synonyms |
(good)
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larger, greater
* 1901 , ,
More, in reference to value, distance, time, etc.
To improve.
* Wordsworth
* Thackeray
* Macaulay
To become better; to improve.
To surpass in excellence; to exceed; to excel.
* Hooker
To give advantage to; to support; to advance the interest of.
* Milton
(slang) Had better.
An entity, usually animate, deemed superior to another; one who has a claim to precedence; a superior.
* Hooker
(big)
* 1812 , A Collection of Scarce and Valuable Tracts (Walter Scott, John Somers), page 146:
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, title= (nonstandard, rare) To make or become bigger.
* {{quote-book, 1871, Julian Leep, A Ready-Made Family, volume=1, page=322, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=mny99S_fR4AC&pg=PA322, edition=2009 ed.
, passage=She's in along with mother, talking about the college; it's to be biggered , sir. }}
* {{quote-book, 1971,
, passage=But I had to grow bigger. So bigger I got.
I biggered my factory. I biggered my roads.}}* {{quote-news, 2002, August 5, Mark Gibbs, IBM and PwC: Rhyme and Reasons, Network World, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=4hgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT69, page=69
, passage=The money they splurged to the board's delight
Will be spent biggering IT services, clean out of sight}}
As adjectives the difference between better and bigger
is that better is comparative of good while bigger is comparative of big.As verbs the difference between better and bigger
is that better is to improve while bigger is to make or become bigger.As an adverb better
is comparative of well POS=adverb.As a noun better
is an entity, usually animate, deemed superior to another; one who has a claim to precedence; a superior.better
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) better, bettre, betre, from (etyl) .Adjective
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Derived terms
* better dead than red * better half * better off * betterness * better part of * get betterAdverb
(head)- “I’ve had enough of cycling with you chaps. I can spend my Sundays better than in tormenting cats and quarrelling and fighting.”
- ten miles and better
Derived terms
* had better * 'd betterVerb
(en verb)- Love betters what is best.
- He thought to better his circumstances.
- the constant effort of every man to better himself
- (Carlyle)
- The works of nature do always aim at that which can not be bettered .
- Weapons more violent, when next we meet, / May serve to better us and worse our foes.
- You better do that if you know what's good for you.
Derived terms
* betterer * bettermentSynonyms
* See alsoNoun
(en noun)- He quickly found Ali his better in the ring.
- Their betters would hardly be found.
Derived terms
* get the better ofEtymology 2
Alternate pronunciation of (bettor) or modern formation from the verb to (bet).Statistics
* 1000 English basic words ----bigger
English
Adjective
(head)- That whereas, and whereby, and by which, the major, and most greater, and most bigger , and most stronger party,
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose. And the queerer the cure for those ailings the bigger the attraction. A place like the Right Livers' Rest was bound to draw freaks, same as molasses draws flies.}}
Verb
(en verb)citation
I biggered my factory. I biggered my roads.}}
Will be spent biggering IT services, clean out of sight}}