better vs no

better

adv
  • Greater or lesser (whichever is seen as more advantageous), in reference to value, distance, time, etc. 

  • Had better. 

noun
  • An entity, usually animate, deemed superior to another; one who has a claim to precedence; a superior. 

verb
  • To surpass in excellence; to exceed; to excel. 

  • To give advantage to; to support; to advance the interest of. 

  • Had better. 

  • To improve. 

  • To become better; to improve. 

adj
  • Greater in amount or quantity 

no

adv
  • Used before different, before comparatives with more and less, and idiomatically before other comparatives. 

  • not 

  • Used idiomatically before certain other adjectives. 

noun
  • a negating expression; an answer that shows disagreement, denial, refusal, or disapproval 

  • a vote not in favor, or opposing a proposition 

det
  • Not any. 

  • Hardly any. 

  • Not (a); not properly, not really; not fully. 

  • Not any possibility or allowance of (doing something). 

intj
  • vehement rejection of truthfulness 

  • disgust 

  • mild disapproval 

particle
  • Used to show disagreement, negation, denial, refusal, or prohibition. 

  • Used together with an affirmative word or phrase to show agreement. 

  • Used to show agreement with a negative question. 

prep
  • not, does not, do not, etc. 

  • without 

  • like 

How often have the words better and no occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )