Robert E.Lee's Confederate army was much smaller than Joe Hooker's Union army.

VOA: special.2009.10.15

But it was much smaller than the Virginia.

VOA: special.2009.09.10

But the object that struck Jupiter in July is estimated to have been much smaller and harder to see than comet Shoemaker-Levy.

VOA: special.2009.08.25

But tornadoes cover a much smaller area than hurricanes, which form over oceans.

VOA: special.2011.04.19