Greater
Greater adjective - Greater in size or importance or degree.
Minor
Minor adjective - Having not so great importance or rank as another.
Usage example: some minor official with an exaggerated sense of his own importance
Both words in one sentence
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Contrast Infraction Distraction, where a minor crime is committed to conceal a greater one.
Source: Minor Crime Reveals Major Plot - For Want of a Nail and In Spite of a Nail: While Timelines next to each other are mostly similar, massive changes occur over greater distances because of relatively minor changes long ago.
- There's no Man Behind the Man for the Arc Villain and no greater threat inspiring him, and he's certainly not something so minor as a Monster of the Week.
Source: Arc Villain
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