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Colossal vs Cataclysm - What's the difference?

colossal | cataclysm |

As an adjective colossal

is extremely large or on a great scale.

As a noun cataclysm is

a sudden, violent event.

colossal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Extremely large or on a great scale.
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    Synonyms

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

    Related terms

    * colosseum * ----

    cataclysm

    English

    (wikipedia cataclysm)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sudden, violent event.
  • (geology) A sudden and violent change in the earth's crust.
  • A great flood.

    • Derived terms

    * cataclysmic

    Related terms

    * catastrophe