Less and Sparse

Less

Less adjective - Having not so great importance or rank as another.

Sparse and less are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sparse" instead an adjective "Less".

Nearby Words: lessen, lessening

Sparse

Sparse adjective - Less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable.

Less and sparse are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Less" instead an adjective "Sparse".

Nearby Word: sparsely

Both words in one sentence

  • Music / Scott Walker It's more sparse and less aurally overbearing than The Drift, and it has an overall more playful feel to it in comparison, such as with the farting section in "Corps De Blah" and the vaudevillian insult jokes in "Zercon, A Flagpole Sitter".
  • Wrestling / Shawn Michaels A part of that is because Hogan's sparse appearances meant that Shawn was (more or less) forced to build the feud up on his own.
  • Video Game / BIT.TRIP The environments are considerably emptier and darker, the music is more sparse and generally deeper and less energetic, the game is more action-based with less rhythm elements, and the plot focuses on CommanderVideo's Sanity Slippage while trying to fight through Timbletot's forces.
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