Thick vs Massive - What's the difference?
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Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
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Heavy in build; thickset.
* 2007 , James T. Knight, Queen of the Hustle
Densely crowded or packed.
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, title= Having a viscous consistency.
Abounding in number.
Impenetrable to sight.
Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated.
(informal) Stupid.
(informal) Friendly or intimate.
* T. Hughes
Deep, intense, or profound.
* Shakespeare
In a thick manner.
Thickly.
Frequently; in great numbers.
The thickest, or most active or intense, part of something.
* Dryden
A thicket.
* Drayton
* Spenser
A stupid person; a fool.
* 2014 , Joseph O'Connor, The Thrill of It All (page 100)
(archaic) To thicken.
Of or pertaining to a large mass; weighty, heavy, or bulky.
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Much larger than normal.
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, title= Of great significance or import; overwhelming.
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, title= (label) Of a specimen not exhibiting crystal form.
Of particularly exceptional quality or value; awesome.
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, title= Possessing mass.
(mineralogy) A homogeneous mass of rock, not layered and without an obvious crystal structure.
Thick is a related term of massive.
As adjectives the difference between thick and massive
is that thick is relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension while massive is .As an adverb thick
is in a thick manner.As a noun thick
is the thickest, or most active or intense, part of something.As a verb thick
is (archaic|transitive) to thicken.thick
English
Adjective
(er)citation, passage=The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue. […].}}
- As she twirled around in front of the mirror admiring how the dress showed off her thick booty, she felt like a princess in a children's storybook.
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.}}
- We have been thick ever since.
- thick sleep
Synonyms
* (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) broad * (measuring a certain number of units in this dimension) * (heavy in build) chunky, solid, stocky, thickset * (densely crowded or packed) crowded, dense, packed * (having a viscous consistency) glutinous, viscous * (abounding in number) overflowing, swarming, teeming * (impenetrable to sight) dense, opaque, solid * (sense) unclear * dense, dumb (informal), stupid, thick as pigshit (taboo slang), thick as two short planks (slang) * (sense) chummy (qualifier), close, close-knit, friendly, pally (informal), intimate, tight-knit * great, extreme * See alsoAntonyms
* (relatively great in extent from one surface to another) slim, thin * (heavy in build) slender, slight, slim, svelte, thin * (densely crowded or packed) sparse * (having a viscous consistency) free-flowing, runny * (abounding in number) * (impenetrable to sight) thin, transparent * (sense) clear, lucid * brainy (informal), intelligent, smart * (sense) unacquaintedDerived terms
* blood is thicker than water * thick and thin * thick as a brick * thick as a plank * thick as thieves * thick as two short planks * thicket * thickhead * thickish * thickly * thicko * thickness * thickset * thick-skinned * thick-un * thickyAdverb
(er)- Snow lay thick on the ground.
- Bread should be sliced thick to make toast.
- The arrows flew thick and fast around us.
Noun
(-)- It was mayhem in the thick of battle.
- He through a little window cast his sight / Through thick of bars, that gave a scanty light.
- gloomy thicks
- Through the thick they heard one rudely rush.
- If there was doctorates in bollocksology and scratching yourself in bed, the two of you'd be professors by now. Pair of loafing, idle thicks .
Derived terms
* in the thick of * through thick and thinVerb
(en verb)- The nightmare Life-in-death was she, / Who thicks man's blood with cold. — Coleridge.
massive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Chico Harlan
Japan pockets the subsidy […], passage=Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."}}
The attack of the MOOCs, passage=Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.}}
INDEPENDENCE DAY-----------MASSIVE COOL SPOILERS DON'T OPEN IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW, passage=Ok true believers here is the low down of massive coolness.}}
nz.reg.wellington.general, passage=Heaps excited about it - I'm planning for a massive day.}}
Deasties rock the Hurricane- 06/21/98, passage=saw the beasties last week in GERMANY at a massive little party called the Hurricane Festival outside Hamburg and here's how it all shook down
WENDYHOUSE June 21st, passage=OPEN THROUGH THE SUMMER: We are on the 3rd Saturday of the month, remain at the same venue, at the same price, at the same times and always give you a massive night out to remember (unless you've drunk too much bargain University booze!).}}
Re: Survivable album chart from 2001, passage=I own this one, bought it because I liked Slide. The album is quite dull. They were massive back in the day}}
Synonyms
* (of or pertaining to a large mass) bulky, heavy, hefty, substantial, weighty * (much larger than normal) colossal, enormous, gargantuan, giant, gigantic, great, huge, mahoosive (slang), titanic * (of great significance or import) consequential, meaningful, overwhelming, significant, weighty * (of grandeur ) awesome, super, excellent, stupendousAntonyms
* (of or pertaining to a large mass) insubstantial, light * (much larger than normal) dwarf, little, microscopic, midget, minuscule, pint-sized, tiny, wee * (of great significance or import) inconsequential, insignificant, piddling, trifling, trivial, unimportant * (of grandeur ) lame, stale, disappointing, crappy * (of having a positive mass) masslessDerived terms
* mahoosive (slang) * massively * massiveness * MOOC (massive open online course)Noun
(en noun)- karst massives in western Georgia