diff --git a/CMake/PickyWarnings.cmake b/CMake/PickyWarnings.cmake
index 2bd1360b89..6e4722c6dc 100644
--- a/CMake/PickyWarnings.cmake
+++ b/CMake/PickyWarnings.cmake
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ if(PICKY_COMPILER)
     #        to suppress undesired warnings in case -Weverything is passed as a custom option.
 
     # Assume these options always exist with both clang and gcc.
-    # Require clang 3.0 / gcc 2.95 or higher.
+    # Require clang 3.0 / gcc 2.95 or greater.
     list(APPEND _picky_enable
       -Wbad-function-cast                  # clang  2.7  gcc  2.95
       -Wconversion                         # clang  2.7  gcc  2.95
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ if(PICKY_COMPILER)
       if((CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang"      AND CMAKE_C_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 10.0) OR
          (CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "AppleClang" AND CMAKE_C_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 12))
         list(APPEND _picky_enable
-          -Wimplicit-fallthrough           # clang  4.0  gcc  7.0  appleclang  9.0  # We do silencing for clang 10.0 or higher only
+          -Wimplicit-fallthrough           # clang  4.0  gcc  7.0  appleclang  9.0  # We do silencing for clang 10.0 or greater only
           -Wxor-used-as-pow                # clang 10.0  gcc 13.0  appleclang 12.0
         )
       endif()
diff --git a/CMake/curl-config.in.cmake b/CMake/curl-config.in.cmake
index 4bfac08e3a..e452abf6aa 100644
--- a/CMake/curl-config.in.cmake
+++ b/CMake/curl-config.in.cmake
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ option(CURL_USE_PKGCONFIG "Enable pkg-config to detect @PROJECT_NAME@ dependenci
 
 if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS @CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED_VERSION@)
   message(STATUS "@PROJECT_NAME@: @PROJECT_NAME@-specific Find modules require "
-    "CMake @CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED_VERSION@ or higher, found: ${CMAKE_VERSION}.")
+    "CMake @CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED_VERSION@ or greater, found: ${CMAKE_VERSION}.")
 endif()
 
 include(CMakeFindDependencyMacro)
diff --git a/CMake/unix-cache.cmake b/CMake/unix-cache.cmake
index c1cefc7953..f7f064324c 100644
--- a/CMake/unix-cache.cmake
+++ b/CMake/unix-cache.cmake
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ set(HAVE_STRINGS_H 1)
 if(_CURL_OLD_LINUX)
   set(HAVE_STROPTS_H 1)
 else()
-  set(HAVE_STROPTS_H 0)  # glibc 2.30 or higher. https://sourceware.org/legacy-ml/libc-alpha/2019-08/msg00029.html
+  set(HAVE_STROPTS_H 0)  # glibc 2.30 or greater. https://sourceware.org/legacy-ml/libc-alpha/2019-08/msg00029.html
 endif()
 set(HAVE_STRUCT_SOCKADDR_STORAGE 1)
 set(HAVE_STRUCT_TIMEVAL 1)
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3efb67ac3e..c39a36b909 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ if(WIN32)
       if(MINGW64_VERSION)
         message(STATUS "Found MINGW64_VERSION=${MINGW64_VERSION}")
         if(MINGW64_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.0)
-          message(FATAL_ERROR "mingw-w64 3.0 or higher is required")
+          message(FATAL_ERROR "mingw-w64 3.0 or greater is required")
         endif()
       endif()
     endif()
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ endif()
 if(CURL_USE_MBEDTLS)
   find_package(MbedTLS MODULE REQUIRED)
   if(MBEDTLS_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.2.0)
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "mbedTLS v3.2.0 or higher is required.")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "mbedTLS v3.2.0 or greater is required.")
   endif()
   set(_ssl_enabled ON)
   set(USE_MBEDTLS ON)
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ if(CURL_USE_WOLFSSL)
   set(_curl_ca_bundle_supported TRUE)
 
   if(USE_OPENSSL AND WOLFSSL_VERSION VERSION_LESS 5.7.6)
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "wolfSSL 5.7.6 or higher is required to coexist with OpenSSL.")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "wolfSSL 5.7.6 or greater is required to coexist with OpenSSL.")
   endif()
 
   set_property(DIRECTORY APPEND PROPERTY COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "WOLFSSL_OPTIONS_IGNORE_SYS")
@@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ if(CURL_USE_GNUTLS)
   if(NOT DEFINED HAVE_GNUTLS_SRP AND NOT CURL_DISABLE_SRP)
     cmake_push_check_state()
     list(APPEND CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES CURL::gnutls)
-    # In GnuTLS 3.8.0 (2023-02-10) or higher, this check always succeeds.
+    # In GnuTLS 3.8.0 (2023-02-10) or greater, this check always succeeds.
     # Detecting actual TLS-SRP support needs poking the API at runtime.
     check_symbol_exists("gnutls_srp_verifier" "gnutls/gnutls.h" HAVE_GNUTLS_SRP)
     cmake_pop_check_state()
@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ if(CURL_USE_RUSTLS)
     endif()
   endif()
   if(NOT HAVE_RUSTLS_SUPPORTED_HPKE)
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "rustls-ffi library does not provide rustls_supported_hpke function. Required version is 0.15 or higher.")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "rustls-ffi library does not provide rustls_supported_hpke function. Required version is 0.15 or greater.")
   endif()
 
   if(CURL_DEFAULT_SSL_BACKEND AND CURL_DEFAULT_SSL_BACKEND STREQUAL "rustls")
@@ -1002,7 +1002,7 @@ if(ZSTD_FOUND)
     set(HAVE_ZSTD ON)
     list(APPEND CURL_LIBS CURL::zstd)
   else()
-    message(WARNING "zstd v1.0.0 or higher is required, disabling zstd support.")
+    message(WARNING "zstd v1.0.0 or greater is required, disabling zstd support.")
   endif()
 endif()
 
@@ -1143,7 +1143,7 @@ if(USE_NGTCP2)
     elseif(OPENSSL_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 3.5.0)
       find_package(NGTCP2 MODULE REQUIRED COMPONENTS "ossl")
       if(NGTCP2_VERSION VERSION_LESS 1.12.0)
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "ngtcp2 1.12.0 or higher required for OpenSSL")
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "ngtcp2 1.12.0 or greater required for OpenSSL")
       endif()
       set(OPENSSL_QUIC_API2 1)
     elseif(HAVE_LIBRESSL)