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Colossal vs Calamity - What's the difference?

colossal | calamity |

As an adjective colossal

is extremely large or on a great scale.

As a noun calamity is

an event resulting in great loss.

colossal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Extremely large or on a great scale.
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    • , title= Engineers of a different kind , passage=Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.

    Synonyms

    * (extremely large) enormous, giant, gigantic, immense, prodigious, vast * See also

    Related terms

    * colosseum * ----

    calamity

    English

    Noun

    (calamities)
  • An event resulting in great loss.
  • The distress that results from some disaster.
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    • They were behind twice, first in the 11th minute when James Morrison scored a goal that was a personal calamity for Hart, and then four minutes into the second half when Kenny Miller eluded Gary Cahill to score with a splendid left-foot drive.

    Synonyms

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