Comparatives are adjectives used to describe people and things. For example:
The new truck is better, but it’s more expensive.
She needs a bigger bed.
He’s feeling sadder now.
Comparatives are used with than when we want to explicitly compare two things in the same sentence, for example:
Your shoes are smaller than mine.
The sun is bigger than the Earth.
A clear mind is more valuable than a busy one.
Superlatives describe something that is at “the upper or lower limit of a quality,” such as:
His mom is the oldest woman alive.
Pluto was the smallest planet in our solar system until recently.
Now, David Bowie has the most popular song on Spotify.
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