Colossal vs. Whopping

Colossaladjective

Extremely large or on a great scale.

‘A single puppy can make a colossal mess.’;

Whoppingadjective

(colloquial) Exceptionally great or large.

‘It weighed a whopping 700 pounds when it was full.’;

Colossaladjective

Of enormous size; gigantic; huge; as, a colossal statue.

Whoppingadverb

(colloquial) Exceedingly, extremely, very.

Colossaladjective

Of a size larger than heroic. See Heroic.

Whoppingverb

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Colossaladjective

so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe;

‘colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple’; ‘has a colossal nerve’; ‘a prodigious storm’; ‘a stupendous field of grass’; ‘stupendous demand’;

Whoppingnoun

A beating.

Whoppingadjective

(used informally) very large;

‘a thumping loss’;

Whoppingadverb

extremely;

‘they all were whopping drunk’;