Better
Better verb - To be greater, better, or stronger than.
Usage example: this year's profits should better last year's by a wide margin
Prevail
Prevail verb - To achieve victory (as in a contest).
Better and prevail are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Better" instead a verb "Prevail".
Nearby Words: prevailing, prevalent
Common collocations
| guards | better guards | prevail guards |
Both words in one sentence
- They clearly outnumber French guards and are generally better fighters, so, of course, they prevail.
Source: Curb Stomp Battle / Film -
The North Vietnamese Army and the Viet Cong during the The Vietnam War provide a textbook case of how a technologically-inferior armed force can prevail against a far better-equipped enemy through a combination of sheer perseverance and ruthless cunning.
Source: Rock Beats Laser - It is better for mankind, the Priest-Kings reason, if men prevail through their strength, courage and wits, and not through technological advantages, hence the restrictions both on weaponry and on any personal protection bar a shield and helmet.
Source: Literature / Gor
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