{
  "id": "rather.comparative",
  "term": "rather",
  "sense": "comparative",
  "pos": "adjective",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 3,
  "arena": "rather",
  "domain": "adverb",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "more different than usual",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "difference.relation",
      "further.degree",
      "usual.common"
    ],
    "interaction": "difference.relation signals a change from a reference and further.degree adds a greater amount, together expressing a moderate increase relative to what is usual.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "moderate increase from norm",
      "comparative emphasis",
      "deviation from regularity"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The International Space Station orbits 200 km higher than usual to avoid space debris from the 2009 Iridium 33 collision.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "Tibetan monks chant in a lower register than usual during winter festivals to match the colder air density.",
      "domain": "culture"
    },
    {
      "text": "Neptune's wind speeds reach 2000 km/h, rather faster than usual for gas giants closer to the sun.",
      "domain": "physics"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "similar.comparative",
      "note": "is-a",
      "type": "is-a"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [
    "confusion.state",
    "cusp.threshold",
    "doubt.epistemic",
    "rent.income"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "rather"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6,
    "reconciled": {
      "by": "openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
      "date": "2026-07-31",
      "changed": "components",
      "note": "Added 'usual.common' to components because the definition 'more different than usual' semantically depends on 'usual'; the existing components were insufficient. Definition remains accurate and concis"
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-rather.comparative"
}