Greater and Over

Greater

Greater adjective - Greater in size or importance or degree.

Over and greater are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Over" instead an adjective "Greater".

Over

Over adjective - Brought or having come to an end.

Greater and over are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Greater" instead an adjective "Over".

Both words in one sentence

  • Nice Job Breaking It, Hero Better the Devil You Know is a similar situation, where the utter defeat of one villain can lead to a completely different and greater evil taking over.
  • Something repeated about Adam, over and over, is that he's willing to sacrifice things that he cares about for the greater good.
  • Webcomic / The Water Phoenix King Gilgam outright calls Vish the better man for having the moral integrity to choose the greater good over getting revenge on a mass murderer.
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