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Colossal vs Weighty - What's the difference?

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Colossal is a related term of weighty.


As adjectives the difference between colossal and weighty

is that colossal is extremely large or on a great scale while weighty is having weight; heavy; ponderous; as, a weighty body.

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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    weighty

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Having weight; heavy; ponderous; as, a weighty body.
  • Adapted to turn the balance in the mind, or to convince; important; forcible; serious; momentous.
  • Rigorous; severe; afflictive.