Zillion vs Gazillion - What's the difference?
zillion | gazillion |
(slang, hyperbole) An unspecified large number (of).
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Gazillion is a synonym of zillion.
As nouns the difference between zillion and gazillion
is that zillion is an unspecified large number (of) while gazillion is an unspecified large number (of).Wzillion
English
Noun
(en noun)- When I want to switch Groupwise domains I am forced to click the cancel button on a login dialog box a zillion times (I’m not exaggerating... much)
Brain tests show child wealth gap", BBC News , 6 December 2008:
- "We are certainly not blaming lower socioeconomic families for not talking to their kids - there are probably a zillion reasons why that happens."
Synonyms
* (unspecified large number) See also .Derived terms
* zillionaire * zillionthgazillion
English
Noun
(en noun)citationrec.antiques.radio+phono, passage=Even if you are not a transistor collector, it is still pretty neat seeing that many early transistors. Wowzers...yes indeed...wowzers! Ok...it is not a gazillion but sure is a bunch.}}
Barack Obama, deporter-in-chief, passage=First, he is merely following laws written by nativist Republicans. This is a cop-out. As president he sets priorities for the executive branch, which cannot catch and prosecute everyone who breaks any of the gazillions of federal rules.}}