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Demon vs Giant - What's the difference?

demon | giant |

As nouns the difference between demon and giant

is that demon is demon while giant is (baseball) a player on the team the san francisco giants.

demon

English

(wikipedia demon)

Alternative forms

* daemon, (typically only used today for the sense of 'a Greek or Roman godling' ) * daimon (''typically only used in the sense of 'inner spirit' or 'personal guardian')

Noun

(en noun)
  • An evil spirit.
  • A fallen angel or Satanic divinity; a false god.
  • One’s inner spirit or genius, a daimon.
  • (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) A genius, a lar, the protective spirit or godling of a place, household, or individual.
  • A foible; a flaw in a person’s character.
    • The demon of stupidity haunts me whenever I open my mouth.
  • Someone of remarkable or diabolical energy or ability.
    • He’s a demon at the card tables.
  • (figurative) Anything with malevolent effects.
    • the demon drink

    Usage notes

    The original Greek and Roman meanings often employ synonyms or the variant spellings daimon' or ' daemon to differentiate them from the more common ecclesiastical sense.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * demonic * demonize * demoness

    See also

    * imp * succubus * vampire * angel * hell * possession * possessed * dragon * werewolf * devil * larva ----

    giant

    English

    Alternative forms

    * giaunt (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mythical human of very great size.
  • (lb) Specifically, any of the Gigantes, the race of giants in the Greek mythology.
  • A very tall person.
  • A tall species of a particular animal or plant.
  • (lb) A star that is considerably more luminous than a main sequence star of the same temperature (e.g. red giant, blue giant).
  • (lb) An Ethernet packet that exceeds the medium's maximum packet size of 1,518 bytes.
  • A very large organisation.
  • A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.
  • *
    • But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ¶ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass of metal steady to his shoulder. The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window.

    Synonyms

    See also:

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Very large.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-26, author= Nick Miroff
    • , volume=189, issue=7, page=32, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […] , passage=The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters […]. But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna. That would be the frozen chicatanas – giant winged ants – at around $500 a kilo.}}

    Synonyms

    * colossal, enormous, gigantic, immense, prodigious, vast * See also

    Antonyms

    * dwarf * midget

    Derived terms

    * giant cell * giant clam * giantess * giant heron * giantism * giant kettle * giant powder * giant puffball * giant salamander * giant squid * giant white radish

    Anagrams

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