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.
Both words in one sentence
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As it is, Kirk is better at this since the best the Gorn could think of is a net and a sharpened piece of rock for a knife, Kirk MacGyvers a crude cannon from the materials around him.
- Bows became larger and more powerful, while arrows went from little more than sharpened sticks to having fletchings for accuracy and stone or metal arrowheads for better damage potential.
Source: Combat Pragmatist / Real Life -
Case in point, he explains how in close melee they'll die trying to get a bayonet thrust in- sharpened shovels are better when someone is right in your face.
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