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Prodigious vs Humongous - What's the difference?

prodigious | humongous |

As adjectives the difference between prodigious and humongous

is that prodigious is very big in size or quantity; gigantic; colossal; huge while humongous is (informal) of an extremely large size.

prodigious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Very big in size or quantity; gigantic; colossal; huge.
    • {{quote-Fanny Hill, part=3 , Its prodigious size made me shrink again; yet I could not, without pleasure, behold, and even ventur'd to feel, such a length, such a breadth of animated ivory!}}
  • extraordinarily exciting or amazing
  • (obsolete) ominous, portentous

    • Synonyms

    * gigantic, colossal, huge, enormous; See also * amazing * ominous, portentous

    Derived terms

    * prodigiously

    Related terms

    * prodigy

    External links

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    humongous

    English

    Alternative forms

    * humungous

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (informal) Of an extremely large size.

    • Synonyms

    * enormous * gigantic * immense * huge * massive * See also