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I'm confused about the difference between 更好 and 比较好. Since both seem to mean "better", how are these used differently? In what cases would you use them?

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Here's my take on it.

更好 = "even better." For example, X很好。Y更好。= "X is good. Y is even better." This comparison could be over time too: X已经很好，现在更好了 = "X was already good, now it's even better."

比较好 = "better", without an implication that the object of comparison was/is already good. So, it's acceptable to say X不怎么样，Y比较好。= "X kind of sucks, Y is better"

For more example sentences, check out Allset's grammar wiki: 更 geng and 比较 bijiao.

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