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Titanic vs Monumental - What's the difference?

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Titanic is a related term of monumental.


As adjectives the difference between titanic and monumental

is that titanic is of, or relating to the titans, a race in ancient mythology while monumental is in the manner of a monument.

As a proper noun titanic

is , a cruise liner that sank on its maiden voyage on april 14, 1912 after colliding with an iceberg.

titanic

English

Etymology 1

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having great size, or great strength, force or power.
    • Synonyms
    * See also

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (inorganic chemistry) Of or relating to titanium, especially tetravalent titanium
    • Derived terms
    * fluotitanic acid * titanate * titanic acid * titanico- * titanic oxide * titanic iron ore * titanic schorl
    Related terms
    * titanous English terms with multiple etymologies

    monumental

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • In the manner of a monument.
  • Large, grand and imposing. Fitting to be a monument to someone or something.
  • Taking a great amount of time and effort to complete.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April
    • , author= , title=Well-connected Brains , volume=100, issue=2, page=171 , magazine=(American Scientist) citation , passage=Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work.}}
    "a monumental task"