Enormous vs. Large — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Enormous and Large
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Enormous
Very great in size, extent, or amount.
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Large
Of considerable or relatively great size, extent, or capacity
Add a large clove of garlic
The concert attracted large crowds
The jumper comes in small, medium, and large sizes
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Enormous
Very great in scope or import
Enormous influence.
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Large
Of wide range or scope
We can afford to take a larger view of the situation
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Enormous
(Archaic) Very wicked; heinous.
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Large
Enjoy oneself in a lively way with drink or drugs and music
He's known in clubland for his capacity for larging it
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Enormous
(obsolete) Deviating from the norm; unusual, extraordinary.
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Large
Another term for free (sense 2 of the adverb)
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Enormous
(obsolete) Exceedingly wicked; atrocious or outrageous.
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Large
Of greater than average size, extent, quantity, or amount; big.
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Enormous
Extremely large; greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc.
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Large
Of greater than average scope, breadth, or capacity; comprehensive.
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Enormous
Exceeding the usual rule, norm, or measure; out of due proportion; inordinate; abnormal.
Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait.
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Large
Important; significant
Had a large role in the negotiations.
A large producer of paper goods.
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Enormous
Exceedingly wicked; outrageous; atrocious; monstrous; as, an enormous crime.
That detestable profession of a life so enormous.
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Large
Understanding and tolerant; liberal
A large and generous spirit.
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Enormous
Extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree;
An enormous boulder
Enormous expenses
Tremendous sweeping plains
A tremendous fact in human experience; that a whole civilization should be dependent on technology
A plane took off with a tremendous noise
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Large
Of great magnitude or intensity; grand
“a rigid resistance to the large emotions” (Stephen Koch).
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Large
Pretentious; boastful. Used of speech or manners.
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Large
(Obsolete) Gross; coarse. Used of speech or language.
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Large
(Nautical) Favorable. Used of a wind.
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Large
(Slang) A thousand dollars
Bought a speedboat for 50 large.
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Large
Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.
Russia is a large country.
The fruit-fly has large eyes for its body size.
He has a large collection of stamps.
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Large
That is large the manufactured size.
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Large
(obsolete) Abundant; ample.
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Large
(archaic) Full in statement; diffuse; profuse.
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Large
(obsolete) Free; unencumbered.
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Large
(obsolete) Unrestrained by decorum; said of language.
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Large
(nautical) Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter.
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Large
An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.
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Large
(obsolete) Liberality, generosity.
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Large
A thousand dollars/pounds.
Getting a car tricked out like that will cost you 50 large.
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Large
An item labelled or denoted as being that size.
One small coffee and two larges, please.
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Large
One who fits an item of that size.
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Large
(nautical) Before the wind.
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Large
Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; great; capacious; extensive; - opposed to small; as, a large horse; a large house or room; a large lake or pool; a large jug or spoon; a large vineyard; a large army; a large city.
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Large
Abundant; ample; as, a large supply of provisions.
We have yet large day.
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Large
Full in statement; diffuse; full; profuse.
I might be very large upon the importance and advantages of education.
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Large
Having more than usual power or capacity; having broad sympathies and generous impulses; comprehensive; - said of the mind and heart.
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Large
Free; unembarrassed.
Of burdens all he set the Paynims large.
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Large
Unrestrained by decorum; - said of language.
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Large
Prodigal in expending; lavish.
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Large
Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; - said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter.
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Large
Freely; licentiously.
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Large
A musical note, formerly in use, equal to two longs, four breves, or eight semibreves.
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Large
A garment size for a large person
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Large
Above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent;
A large city
Set out for the big city
A large sum
A big (or large) barn
A large family
Big businesses
A big expenditure
A large number of newspapers
A big group of scientists
Large areas of the world
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Large
Fairly large or important in effect; influential;
Played a large role in the negotiations
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Large
Large enough to be visible to the naked eye
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Large
Ostentatiously lofty in style;
A man given to large talk
Tumid political prose
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Large
Generous and understanding and tolerant;
A heart big enough to hold no grudges
That's very big of you to be so forgiving
A large and generous spirit
A large heart
Magnanimous toward his enemies
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Large
Conspicuous in position or importance;
A big figure in the movement
Big man on campus
He's very large in financial circles
A prominent citizen
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Large
Having broad power and range and scope;
Taking the large view
A large effect
A large sympathy
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Large
In an advanced stage of pregnancy;
Was big with child
Was great with child
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Large
At a distance, wide of something (as of a mark)
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Large
With the wind abaft the beam;
A ship sailing large
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Large
In a boastful manner;
He talked big all evening
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