A particle expressing comparison, used after certain
   adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more,
   better, other, otherwise, and the like. It is usually followed by the
   object compared in the nominative case. Sometimes, however, the object
   compared is placed in the objective case, and than is then considered
   by some grammarians as a preposition. Sometimes the object is expressed
   in a sentence, usually introduced by that; as, I would rather suffer
   than that you should want.