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Colossal vs Ginormous - What's the difference?

colossal | ginormous |

As adjectives the difference between colossal and ginormous

is that colossal is extremely large or on a great scale while ginormous is very large.

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

    ginormous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (informal) Very large.
  • * 1986 , Jazz (Autobot), Transformers The Movie
  • “This is Jazz, a ginormous weird looking planet just showed up in the suburbs of Cybertron.”
  • * 1999 , Gabrielle Charbonnet, Adventure at Walt Disney World Book #7 page 20
  • Walt Disney World is ginormous . Even after you’re on the property, you have to drive about fifteen minutes to get to different places.
  • * 2003 , Buddy The Elf, Elf The Movie
  • “Have you seen these toilets? They’re ginormous !”

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * ginormously