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Gargantuan vs Bulky - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between gargantuan and bulky

is that gargantuan is of the giant Gargantua or his appetite while bulky is being large in size, mass, or volume.

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))

    bulky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Being large in size, mass, or volume.
  • Unwieldy
  • (bodybuilding) Having excess body mass, especially muscle.