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Gargantuan vs Behemothic - What's the difference?

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Behemothic is a synonym of gargantuan.



As adjectives the difference between gargantuan and behemothic

is that gargantuan is of the giant Gargantua or his appetite while behemothic is colossal, of enormous size and power.

gargantuan

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Of the giant Gargantua or his appetite.
  • Huge; immense; tremendous.
  • Of a tremendous size, volume, degree, etc.

    • Synonyms

    * colossal * enormous * giant * huge * humongous, humungous * immense * See also

    References

    * (etymology) Gourd, Pumpkin. See Budge Ref, p 803A; (from 'Rev 12'--Revue Egyptologique publiee sous la direction de MM Brugsch, F Chabas, and Eug. Revillout (vol I-XIV))

    behemothic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • colossal, of enormous size and power.
  • * 1933 —
    • Oozing and surging up out of that yawning trap-door in the Cyclopean crypt I had glimpsed such an unbelievable behemothic monstrosity that I could not doubt the power of its original to kill with its mere sight.

    Synonyms

    * (of ernormous size and power ): colossal, gargantuan, gigantic, mammoth, titanic * See also

    Related terms

    * behemoth