which is better the projection map or the mercator map and why??

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Which projection map?

What do you mean by "better?" How are you planning to use this map?
why is the robinson projection better than the mercator projection map?
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/robinson+projection
that doesn't tell me which is better between the 2 and why?
From the above site:

"more accurately portraying high latitude lands and water to land ratio "