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Gargantuan vs Sizable - What's the difference?

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Gargantuan is a related term of sizable.


As adjectives the difference between gargantuan and sizable

is that gargantuan is (obsolete) of the giant gargantua or his appetite while sizable is (us|canada) fairly large.

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))

    sizable

    English

    Alternative forms

    *sizeable

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (US, Canada) fairly large
    • He gave a sizable''' cash donation, '''sizable enough that the IRS wondered where all that money came from.