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Gargantuan vs Grisly - What's the difference?

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Gargantuan is a related term of grisly.


As adjectives the difference between gargantuan and grisly

is that gargantuan is (obsolete) of the giant gargantua or his appetite while grisly is horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome.

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))

    grisly

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome
    • The photos of the killings depict a grisly scene.

    See also

    * gristly * grizzly