Muscular vs Mighty - What's the difference?
muscular | mighty | Related terms |
Of, relating to, or connected with muscles.
* 1912 , , A Princess of Mars , chapter 2
Brawny, thewy, having strength.
* 1843 , , Stave Two
Having large, well-developed muscles.
(figurative) Strong, robust.
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Influential, powerful beings.
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, title= (obsolete, rare) A warrior of great strength and courage.
* Bible , 1 Chronicles 11:12, King James Version:
Very strong; possessing might.
* Bible, Job ix. 4
Very heavy and powerful.
Accomplished by might; hence, extraordinary; wonderful.
* Bible, Matthew xi. 20
* Hawthorne
(informal) Excellent, extremely good.
(colloquial) Very; to a high degree.
* Samuel Pepys
* 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter IV
Muscular is a related term of mighty.
As adjectives the difference between muscular and mighty
is that muscular is of, relating to, or connected with muscles while mighty is very strong; possessing might.As a noun mighty is
influential, powerful beings or mighty can be (obsolete|rare) a warrior of great strength and courage.As an adverb mighty is
(colloquial) very; to a high degree.muscular
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- It was an effort of the mind, of the will, of the nerves; not muscular , for I could not move even so much as my little finger, but none the less mighty for all that.
- The arms were very long and muscular ; the hands the same, as if its hold were of uncommon strength.
India After English?" (blog post), nybooks.com:
- Future prime ministers may struggle to replicate the sort of muscular countrywide support that Modi was able to earn.
Synonyms
* (of or relating to muscles) myo- * (having strength) athletic, beefy, brawny, husky, lusty, muscled, muscly, powerful, strapping, strong * (having well-developed muscles) beefy, brawny, heavily muscled, husky, musclebound, muscled, muscly, powerfully built, well-builtDerived terms
* most muscular * muscular dystrophymighty
English
Noun
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Noun
(mighties)- And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties .
Adjective
(er)- He's a mighty wrestler, but you are faster than him.
- Wise in heart, and mighty in strength.
- Thor swung his mighty hammer.
- He gave the ball a mighty hit.
- His mighty works
- Mighty was their fuss about little matters.
- Tonight's a mighty opportunity to have a party.
- She's a mighty cook.
Derived terms
* high and mightyAdverb
(-)- You can leave that food in your locker for the weekend, but it's going to smell mighty bad when you come back on Monday.
- Pork chops boiled with turnip greens makes a mighty fine meal.
- The lady is not heard of, and the King mighty angry and the Lord sent to the Tower.
- I was mighty glad that our entrance into the interior of Caprona had been inside a submarine rather than in any other form of vessel. I could readily understand how it might have been that Caprona had been invaded in the past by venturesome navigators without word of it ever reaching the outside world, for I can assure you that only by submarine could man pass up that great sluggish river, alive.