Elder and Higher

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Elder adjective - Used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son.

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Higher and elder are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Higher" instead an adjective "Elder".

Nearby Word: elderly

Higher adjective - Being far along in development.

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Elder and higher are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Elder" instead an adjective "Higher".

Sufficiently Advanced Aliens: By The Burrowers Beneath, Crow deduces that the Great Old Ones / Elder Gods are really advanced aliens, and their magic simply a higher science.

Source: Literature / Titus Crow
On higher-rank hunting quests, multiple monsters roam and all of them have to be hunted, and on rare occasions the only objective is to hunt an Elder Dragon in a Boss-Only Level.

Source: Boss Game
Frame-Up: Rainstorm is framed by Tseng for Aerith's destruction of the Elder Tree, putting a huge bounty on his head in the hopes that Rainstorm's higher bounty and bad reputation would distract bounty hunters from Flower's higher kill count.

Source: Fan Fic / Off The Line

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