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Monday, February 10, 2025

Vocabulary to represent comparison in graphs

 Vocabulary to represent comparison in graphs: 

Type 

Word(s) should be used 

Similar 

about / almost / nearly / roughly / approximately / around / just about / very nearly / 

Just over 

just above / just over / just bigger / just beyond / just across 

Just short 

just below / just beneath / just sort / just under / just a little 

Much more 

well above / well above / well beyond / well across / well over 

Much less 

well below / well under / well short / well beneath 

 Example:  

  1. The number of high-level women executives is well beneath than the number of male executives in this organization where approximately 2000 people works in executive levels.

  2. About 1000 people died in the highway car accident in 2003 which is well above than the statistics of all other years.

  3. The number of domestic-violence cases was just below 500 in March which is just a little over than the previous months.

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