Better
Better adjective - (comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another.
More skillful and better are semantically related. In some cases you can use "More skillful" instead an adjective "Better".
More skillful
Better and more skillful are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Better" instead an adjective phrase "More skillful".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- preferred and better
- preferred and more skillful
- choice and better
- choice and more skillful
- exceptional and better
- exceptional and more skillful
- superior and better
- superior and more skillful
- major and better
- major and more skillful
- senior and better
- senior and more skillful
- improved and better
- improved and more skillful
Both terms in one sentence
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The Americans are shot down easily by the more skillful, better-equipped German pilots.
Source: Film / Flyboys -
However, most die-hard hip hop fans (or at least the older ones) tend to go against this trope, believing that the more skillful an MC is, the better.
Source: Three Chords and the Truth
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