What is the meaning of comparative?

noun

  • The comparative form of an adjective or adverb.
    • usage: "`faster' is the comparative of the adjective `fast'"; "`less famous' is the comparative degree of the adjective `famous'"; "`more surely' is the comparative of the adverb `surely'"

adjective

  • Relating to or based on or involving comparison.
    • usage: "comparative linguistics"
  • Estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete.
    • usage: "a relative stranger"
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