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Gigantic vs Ascend - What's the difference?

gigantic | ascend |

As an adjective gigantic

is very large.

As a verb ascend is

to move upward, to fly, to soar.

gigantic

English

Alternative forms

* gigantick (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Very large.
  • In the manner of a giant.

    • Synonyms

    * gigantesque * See also

    Derived terms

    * gigantism

    Related terms

    * giant

    ascend

    English

    (wikipedia ascend)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To move upward, to fly, to soar.
    • He ascended to heaven upon a cloud.
  • To slope in an upward direction.
    • The road ascends the mountain.
  • To go up.
    • You ascend the stairs and take a right.
  • To succeed.
    • She ascended the throne when her mother abdicated.
  • (figurative) To rise; to become higher, more noble, etc.
    • Our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity.

    Antonyms

    * descend

    Related terms

    * ascent * ascendant * ascendance * ascendancy/ascendency * ascending * ascender * ascension * descend * transcend

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