Drastic vs Enormous - What's the difference?
drastic | enormous |
Extreme; severe.
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(obsolete) Deviating from the norm; unusual, extraordinary.
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(obsolete) Exceedingly wicked; atrocious or outrageous.
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Extremely large; greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc.
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As adjectives the difference between drastic and enormous
is that drastic is extreme; severe while enormous is (obsolete) deviating from the norm; unusual, extraordinary.drastic
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Alternative forms
* drastick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)Our banks are out of control, passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around.}}
enormous
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Adjective
(en adjective)- all shall be rather enforced than hindered, except they be dismembered, or grievously deformed, infirm, or visited with some enormous hereditary disease is body or mind.
- how apt wee are to receive all impressions, and chiefly the most wicked and enormous .
High and wet, passage=Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. The early, intense onset of the monsoon on June 14th swelled rivers, washing away roads, bridges, hotels and even whole villages. Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge.}}
citation, passage=He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site.}}