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Lesser vs Lesses - What's the difference?

lesser | lesses |

As nouns the difference between lesser and lesses

is that lesser is a thing that is of smaller size, value, importance etc while lesses is animal dung.

As an adjective lesser

is (little).

lesser

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (little)
  • of two things, the smaller in size, value, importance etc.
  • Derived terms

    * lesser anteater * Lesser Antilles * lesser celandine * lesser extent * lesser evil, lesser of two evils * lesser flamingo * lesser included offense * lesser nothura * lesser spotted woodpecker

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a thing that is of smaller size, value, importance etc.
  • the lesser of two evils
    The greater sand hills increasingly do not migrate, but almost all lessers do.

    Anagrams

    * ----

    lesses

    English

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • animal dung
  • (Webster 1913) ----