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Stupendous vs Weighty - What's the difference?

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Stupendous is a related term of weighty.


As adjectives the difference between stupendous and weighty

is that stupendous is astonishingly great or large; huge; enormous while weighty is having weight; heavy; ponderous; as, a weighty body.

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.

    weighty

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Having weight; heavy; ponderous; as, a weighty body.
  • Adapted to turn the balance in the mind, or to convince; important; forcible; serious; momentous.
  • Rigorous; severe; afflictive.