Grand vs Mega - What's the difference?
grand | mega |
Of large size or extent; great; extensive; hence, relatively great; greatest; chief; principal.
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).
Having higher rank or more dignity, size, or importance than other persons or things of the same name.
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
One thousand dollars (compare ).
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(British) One thousand pounds sterling.
(musical instruments) A grand piano
(informal) Very large.
* 2004 , Nigel Coates, Collidoscope: new interior design (page 26)
great; excellent
* 1998 , John Barwick, Targeting Text (page 25)
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)- a grand mountain
- a grand army
- a grand mistake
- a grand monarch
- a grand view
- a grand conception
- a grand lodge
- a grand vizier
- a grand piano
Noun
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English
Adjective
(-)- 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.
- We had a mega time until Peter fell in the fish pond and cut his leg.