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Ginormous vs Enormous - What's the difference?

ginormous | enormous |

As adjectives the difference between ginormous and enormous

is that ginormous is very large while enormous is   Deviating from the norm; unusual, extraordinary.

ginormous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (informal) Very large.
  • * 1986 , Jazz (Autobot), Transformers The Movie
  • “This is Jazz, a ginormous weird looking planet just showed up in the suburbs of Cybertron.”
  • * 1999 , Gabrielle Charbonnet, Adventure at Walt Disney World Book #7 page 20
  • Walt Disney World is ginormous . Even after you’re on the property, you have to drive about fifteen minutes to get to different places.
  • * 2003 , Buddy The Elf, Elf The Movie
  • “Have you seen these toilets? They’re ginormous !”

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * ginormously

    enormous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete)  Deviating from the norm; unusual, extraordinary.
  • *, New York 2001, p.105:
  • all shall be rather enforced than hindered, except they be dismembered, or grievously deformed, infirm, or visited with some enormous hereditary disease is body or mind.
  • (obsolete)  Exceedingly wicked; atrocious or outrageous.
  • *, II.12:
  • how apt wee are to receive all impressions, and chiefly the most wicked and enormous .
  • Extremely large; greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=28, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= High and wet , passage=Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. The early, intense onset of the monsoon on June 14th swelled rivers, washing away roads, bridges, hotels and even whole villages. Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge.}}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
  • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=Foreword citation , passage=He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site.}}

    Synonyms

    * massive * huge * gigantic * humongous * See also

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