Inequalities: What are the English Terminologies for > and >=?

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What is a ">" called in English, and likewise, what is ">=" called in English?
 
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I mean what are the symbols called? Translating what we call it here, in English it would be something like a "sharp inequality" and a "soft inequality" respectively (these are not the correct English terms, according to Google).
 
Maybe "strictly greater than" for >, and "strictly less than" for <. I don't think there is corresponding terminology for >= and <=.

The symbol > is sometimes called "right angle bracket", and < is called "left angle bracket."