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Grand vs Mega - What's the difference?

grand | mega |

As adjectives the difference between grand and mega

is that grand is of large size or extent; great; extensive; hence, relatively great; greatest; chief; principal while mega is very large.

As a noun grand

is one thousand dollars (compare G).

As a proper noun Grand

is a commune in France.

grand

English

(Webster 1913)

Adjective

(er)
  • Of large size or extent; great; extensive; hence, relatively great; greatest; chief; principal.
  • a grand mountain
    a grand army
    a grand mistake
  • Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignified, or noble (said of persons); majestic, splendid, magnificent, or sublime (said of things).
  • a grand monarch
    a grand view
    a grand conception
  • Having higher rank or more dignity, size, or importance than other persons or things of the same name.
  • a grand lodge
    a grand vizier
    a grand piano
  • Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent -- generally used in composition; as, grandfather, grandson, grandchild, etc.
  • (Ireland, Northern England) fine; lovely
  • Noun

    (grand)
  • One thousand dollars (compare ).
  • * {{quote-video
  • , date = 2003-12-21 , episode = The Hitchhiker , title = (Cold Case) , people = (Danny Pino) , role = Scotty Valens , season = 1 , number = 10 , passage = I could win ten grand over there, I still ain't paying a cabbie 300 bucks to drive me home. }}
  • (British) One thousand pounds sterling.
  • (musical instruments) A grand piano
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    mega

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (informal) Very large.
  • * 2004 , Nigel Coates, Collidoscope: new interior design (page 26)
  • Follow those in the know to the fifth floor of Sega's Joy Polis, a mega indoor amusement park that's part of the Odaiba Decks Tokyo Bay entertainment complex near Tange's Fuji Television building.
  • great; excellent
  • * 1998 , John Barwick, Targeting Text (page 25)
  • We had a mega time until Peter fell in the fish pond and cut his leg.

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