When making comparisons, you use more, less or the suffix -er.
To express the highest degree of that adjective, you also the the superlatives most, least or the suffix -est.
Cake is sweeter than bread.
Tokyo is more expensive than New York City.
Lobsters are less intelligent than dolphins.
Blue whales are the largest marine animal.
Rolex watches are the most expensive.
North Dakota is the least populated state in the USA.
There are other words you may use that give a degree of separation between two things.
My father is a little older than my mother.
The Nile river is a little bit longer than the Amazon.
This job is marginally better than my last one.
After four years on college, I'm marginally smarter than I was before.
Living alone is a lot better than living with someone you despise.
Getting a divorce cost me a lot more than the wedding.
My boyfriend is much better looking than my ex-husband.
Life has been much easier since I left him.
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