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Lesser vs Littler - What's the difference?

lesser | littler |

As adjectives the difference between lesser and littler

is that lesser is comparative of little while littler is comparative of little.

As a noun lesser

is a thing that is of smaller size, value, importance etc.

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.

    Related terms

    * less * the lesser of two evils * fewer

    Anagrams

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    littler

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (little)

    • Usage notes

    Some authorities regard both littler' and '''more little as non-standard. The OED says of the word ''little'': "''the adjective has no recognized mode of comparison. The difficulty is commonly evaded by resort to a synonym (as smaller, smallest); some writers have ventured to employ the unrecognized forms littler, littlest, which are otherwise confined to dialect or imitations of childish or illiterate speech. "