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Prodigious vs Phenomenal - What's the difference?

prodigious | phenomenal |

As adjectives the difference between prodigious and phenomenal

is that prodigious is very big in size or quantity; gigantic; colossal; huge while phenomenal is phenomenal.

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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    phenomenal

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (colloquial) Very remarkable; highly extraordinary; amazing.
  • (scientific) Perceptible by the senses through immediate experience.
  • (philosophy) Of or pertaining to the appearance of the world, as opposed to the ultimate nature of the world as it is in itself.

    • Synonyms

    * (very remarkable) awesome (slang)

    Derived terms

    * phenomenal world * transphenomenal

    References

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