# comparative (comparative)

more good than something

- Computed level: L7 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: better

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [good](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-good.moral), [difference](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-difference.relation)

**Through:** When good of one thing is compared to good of another, a greater difference is.

**Novel properties:**
- greater difference
- higher good
- comparative quality

## Examples
- The 2020 U.S. News ranking placed Mayo Clinic higher than Cleveland Clinic in cardiology care. *(institutions)*
- In 2018, Python overtook Java in the TIOBE Index for most taught programming language. *(computing)*
- Usain Bolt ran 100 meters in 9.58 seconds, 0.11 seconds faster than the previous record. *(physics)*

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