Stupendous vs Fabulous - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between stupendous and fabulous

is that stupendous is astonishingly great or large; huge; enormous while fabulous is of or relating to fable, myth or legend.

(en adjective)

Astonishingly great or large; huge; enormous.

One cannot appreciate how stupendous the Matterhorn is without seeing it.

Of stunning volume, degree, or excellence; marvelous.

The renovators created a stupendous new look for our house.

* colossal, enormous, huge, marvelous, prodigious, terrific, tremendous * See also

* stupendously * stupendousness

* Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary , 1987-1996.

(en adjective)

of or relating to fable, myth or legend.

characteristic of fables; marvelous, extraordinary, incredible, unbelievable, absurd, extreme, or exaggerated.

fictional or not believable; made up.

known for telling fables or falsehoods; unreliable.

very good; outstanding, wonderful.

* In the sense of wonderful , the word may become associated with gay men. This may be the direct result of its former usage among valley girls.

* fab * fabulously * fabulousness