Giant vs Riant - What's the difference?
giant | riant |
A mythical human of very great size.
(lb) Specifically, any of the Gigantes, the race of giants in the Greek mythology.
A very tall person.
A tall species of a particular animal or plant.
(lb) A star that is considerably more luminous than a main sequence star of the same temperature (e.g. red giant, blue giant).
(lb) An Ethernet packet that exceeds the medium's maximum packet size of 1,518 bytes.
A very large organisation.
A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.
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Very large.
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, title= When said of a person or a person's manner: mirthful, cheerful, smiling, light-hearted.
When said of place, landscape or view: having a pleasant appearance, looking bright or cheerful.
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As adjectives the difference between giant and riant
is that giant is very large while riant is when said of a person or a person's manner: mirthful, cheerful, smiling, light-hearted.As a noun giant
is a mythical human of very great size.giant
English
Alternative forms
* giaunt (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ¶ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass of metal steady to his shoulder. The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window.
Synonyms
See also:Adjective
(-)Nick Miroff
Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […], passage=The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters […]. But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna. That would be the frozen chicatanas – giant winged ants – at around $500 a kilo.}}