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Stupendous vs Gargantuan - What's the difference?

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Stupendous is a related term of gargantuan.


As adjectives the difference between stupendous and gargantuan

is that stupendous is astonishingly great or large; huge; enormous while gargantuan is (obsolete) of the giant gargantua or his appetite.

stupendous

English

Adjective

(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.

    Synonyms

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

    Derived terms

    * stupendously * stupendousness

    Related terms

    * stupid * stupor

    References

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

    gargantuan

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Of the giant Gargantua or his appetite.
  • Huge; immense; tremendous.
  • Of a tremendous size, volume, degree, etc.

    • Synonyms

    * colossal * enormous * giant * huge * humongous, humungous * immense * See also

    References

    * (etymology) Gourd, Pumpkin. See Budge Ref, p 803A; (from 'Rev 12'--Revue Egyptologique publiee sous la direction de MM Brugsch, F Chabas, and Eug. Revillout (vol I-XIV))