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Gargantuan vs Stout - What's the difference?

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Gargantuan is a related term of stout.


As an adjective gargantuan

is (obsolete) of the giant gargantua or his appetite.

As a proper noun stout is

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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))

    stout

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • large; bulky, thickset; corpulent, fat.
  • (obsolete) bold, strong-minded; lusty; vigorous; robust; sinewy; muscular.
  • * Shakespeare
  • a stouter champion never handled sword
  • * Clarendon
  • He lost the character of a bold, stout , magnanimous man.
  • * Daniel
  • The lords all stand / To clear their cause, most resolutely stout .
  • (obsolete) proud; haughty; arrogant; hard.
  • * Bible, Mal. iii. 13
  • Your words have been stout against me.
  • * Latimer
  • Commonly they that be rich are lofty and stout .
  • firm; resolute; dauntless.
  • materially strong, enduring.
  • Campers prefer stout vessels, sticks and cloth.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
  • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=4 citation , passage=Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins … .}}
  • obstinate.
  • Derived terms

    * stouten * stouthearted * stoutish * stoutly * stoutness

    Noun

    ("stout" on Wikipedia) (en noun)
  • A dark and strong malt brew made with toasted grain.
  • Stout is darker, stronger and sweeter than porter beer.
  • An obese person. (rfex)
  • A large clothing size. (rfex)
  • Anagrams

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