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Bookmark or Share- Difference between "greater" and "larger" - English Language & Usage ...Taken literally, "larger" refers to physical size. "Greater" refers to value. Thus you would say, "An elephant is larger than a mouse". But -- assuming you're talking about size -- you wouldn't say "An elephant is greater than a mouse." If you want to compare quality, you might say, "Rembrandt's paintings are greater art than Picasso's".
- word choice - "The larger of A and B" or "the larger of A or B ...If you say "The larger of A or B" or "The larger of (A or B)" you have only said "The larger of A or the larger of B", which is nonsensical. The only way to make this sensible is to indicate that "the larger of" means the larger of BOTH THINGS TAKEN TOGETHER (i.e., A and B). Neither A nor B can be "larger" except in relation to the other.
- Diameter comparison: larger, bigger, higher, greater?"larger diameter" 7'420'000 results `"greater diameter" 1'020'000 results "higher diameter" 852'000 results "bigger diameter" 738'000 results; So after this I would go with larger but am not sure why and if this is the correct or best choice. Edit: Added also greater as possiblity as per comment. Did not think of that.
- "The bigger, the better" - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeThis expression contains two vestigia from Old English: 1) the definite article being used in the instrumental case (which denotes the means by which something occurs), and 2) correlating th-conjunctions where we would use a wh-conjunction (Old English speakers said then I get home from work, then I go to sleep instead of when I get home from work, I go to sleep).
- word usage - Why does "a bigger number of" seem wrong? - English ...Searching "become [larger\bigger]" yields 10 to 1 in favor of bigger. Searching "numbers become [larger\bigger]" yields 10 to 1 in favor of larger. Register smegister; colloquially. I wouldn't say it's high register to use larger number but it's low brow to say bigger number. –
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