Hi! everyone. Could you tell me whether comparatively and relatively are synonymous to each other? I mean in these sentences -My room is relatively big than Johns. -He is comparatively wise. (Where is the other thing to which we are comparing ) Please help me understand this. And tell me the sentence in which one can't be replaced by the other. Thanks!
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- Sometimes. -- The problem here is that 'bigger' makes both adverbs redundant. -He is comparatively/relatively wise.
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Could you tell me whether comparatively and relatively are synonymous to each other?- Sometimes. My room is relatively/comparatively bigger than John's.-- The problem here is that 'bigger' makes both adverbs redundant. -He is comparatively/relatively wise. (Where is the other thing to which we are comparing-- It is assumed or in the greater context