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Imagine two cheetahs sprinting across the savanna. One runs fast, but the other runs even faster.
To describe how things measure up against each other, we use special forms of words called comparative and superlative modifiers.
Before we change these words, what is the difference between an adjective and an adverb?

Adjectives vs. Adverbs

An adjective describes a noun (a person, place, or thing), like a loud drum or a bright star.
An adverb describes a verb (an action), an adjective, or another adverb, usually telling how something happens, like playing loudly or shining brightly.
Now that we know who modifies what, how do we build comparisons for everyday short words?

Regular Modifiers: Short Words

For most one-syllable adjectives and short adverbs, we add the suffix -er to compare two things, and -est to compare three or more.
If a short word ends in a consonant-vowel-consonant pattern, we double the final letter before adding the suffix, like big becoming bigger and biggest.