more vs less: What's the difference?

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Which is correct: more or less

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moreadjective

(comparative of `much' used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

morenoun

English statesman who opposed Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded; recalled for his concept of Utopia, the ideal state

moreverb

used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs

moreadjective

(comparative of `many' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning greater in number

moreverb

comparative of much; to a greater degree or extent

lessverb

used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs

lessadjective

(comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree

lessadjective

(nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer

lessadjective

(usually preceded by `no') lower in quality

lessverb

comparative of little

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