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Colossal vs Strapping - What's the difference?

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Colossal is a related term of strapping.


As adjectives the difference between colossal and strapping

is that colossal is extremely large or on a great scale while strapping is (obsolete) of a young woman full of vigor; lusty.

As a verb strapping is

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As a noun strapping is

adhesive plaster for strapping injuries.

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 * ----

    strapping

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Of a young woman full of vigor; lusty.
  • Of a person of either sex; Having a sturdy muscular physique; robust.
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    • , year=2011 , date=February 12 , author=Les Roopanarine , title=Birmingham 1 - 0 Stoke , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=But while the two strapping front men battered Foster, they could not better him, and in the absence of tangible reward for his creative efforts, Pennant almost took matters into his own hands, curling a low free-kick inches wide of Foster's left-hand upright.}}

    Noun

  • Adhesive plaster for strapping injuries.
  • A length of narrow material to be used for straps, or straps collectively.
  • A beating with a strap.

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