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Colossal vs Mountainous - What's the difference?

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Colossal is a related term of mountainous.


As adjectives the difference between colossal and mountainous

is that colossal is extremely large or on a great scale while mountainous is having many mountains; rough (terrain); rocky.

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

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    mountainous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having many mountains; rough (terrain); rocky.
  • Resembling a mountain, especially in size.
  • (by extension, of a problem or task) Very difficult.

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