Gargantuan vs Titan - What's the difference?
gargantuan | titan |
(obsolete) Of the giant Gargantua or his appetite.
Huge; immense; tremendous.
Of a tremendous size, volume, degree, etc.
Something or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness.
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As an adjective gargantuan
is (obsolete) of the giant gargantua or his appetite.As a noun titan is
titanium.gargantuan
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(en adjective)Synonyms
* colossal * enormous * giant * huge * humongous, humungous * immense * See alsoReferences
* (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))titan
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(en noun)Roll up, roll up! The Amazing Salmond will show a Scotland you won't believe", The Guardian , 8 September 2014:
- In that context Scotland's fate is a modest element, a symptom of wider fragmentation of the current global order, a footnote to the fall of empire and the Berlin Wall, important to us and punchdrunk neighbours like France and Italy, a mere curiosity to emerging titans like Brazil.