Giant vs. Massive — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Giant and Massive
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Giant
In folklore, giants (from Ancient Greek: gigas, cognate giga-) are beings of human-like appearance, but are at times prodigious in size and strength or bear an otherwise notable appearance. The word giant is first attested in 1297 from Robert of Gloucester's chronicle.
Massive
Consisting of or making up a large mass; bulky, heavy, and solid
A massive piece of furniture.
Giant
A person or thing of great size.
Massive
(Physics) Having relatively high mass
A massive particle.
Giant
A person or thing of extraordinary power, significance, or importance
A giant in the field of physics.
Automotive industry giants.
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Massive
Large or imposing, as in quantity, scope, degree, intensity, or scale
"Local defense must be reinforced by the further deterrent of massive retaliatory power" (John Foster Dulles).
Giant
Greek Mythology One of a race of humanlike beings of enormous strength and stature who were destroyed in battle with the Olympians.
Massive
Large in comparison with the usual amount
A massive dose of a drug.
Giant
A being in folklore or myth similar to one of these beings.
Massive
Affecting a large area of bodily tissue; widespread and severe
Massive gangrene.
Giant
A gymnastic maneuver in which the body is swung, fully extended, around a horizontal bar.
Massive
(Mineralogy) Lacking internal crystalline structure; amorphous.
Giant
Marked by exceptionally great size, magnitude, or power
A giant wave.
A giant impact.
Massive
(Geology) Without internal structure or layers and homogeneous in composition. Used of a rock.
Giant
A mythical human of very great size.
Massive
Very large in size or extent.
Compared to its counterparts from World War II, the Abrams main battle tank is truly massive.
The enlightenment comprises massive shifts in many areas of Western thought.
Giant
(mythology) Specifically:
Massive
Very large or bulky and heavy and solid.
A massive comet or asteroid appears to have ended the era of the dinosaurs.
Giant
Any of the gigantes, the race of giants in the Greek mythology.
Massive
(informal) To a very great extent; total, utter.
Giant
A jotun.
Massive
(colloquial) Of particularly exceptional quality or value; awesome.
Did you see Colbert last night? He was massive!
Giant
A very tall and large person.
Massive
Outstanding, beautiful.
Your dress is massive, love. Where did you get it?
Giant
A tall species of a particular animal or plant.
Massive
(medicine) Affecting a large portion of the body, or severe.
A massive heart attack
Giant
(astronomy) A star that is considerably more luminous than a main sequence star of the same temperature (e.g. red giant, blue giant).
Massive
(physics) Having a large mass.
Giant
(computing) An Ethernet packet that exceeds the medium's maximum packet size of 1,518 bytes.
Massive
Having any mass.
Some bosons are massive while others are massless.
Giant
A very large organisation.
The retail giant is set to acquire two more struggling high-street chains.
Massive
(geology) Homogeneous, unstructured.
Giant
A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.
Massive
(mineralogy) Not having an obvious crystalline structure.
Giant
(gymnastics) A maneuver involving a full rotation around an axis while fully extended.
Massive
(mineralogy) A homogeneous mass of rock, not layered and without an obvious crystal structure.
Karst massives in western Georgia
Giant
Very large.
Massive
A group of people from a locality, or sharing a collective aim, interest, etc.
Big up to the Croydon massive!
Giant
A man of extraordinari bulk and stature.
Giants of mighty bone and bold emprise.
Massive
Forming, or consisting of, a large mass; compacted; weighty; heavy; massy.
Giant
A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.
Massive
In mass; not necessarily without a crystalline structure, but having no regular form; as, a mineral occurs massive.
Giant
Any animal, plant, or thing, of extraordinary size or power.
Massive
Imposing in size or bulk or solidity;
Massive oak doors
Moore's massive sculptures
The monolithic proportions of Stalinist architecture
A monumental scale
Giant
Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as, giant brothers; a giant son.
Massive
Being the same substance throughout;
Massive silver
Giant
Any creature of exceptional size
Massive
Imposing in scale or scope or degree or power;
Massive retaliatory power
A massive increase in oil prices
Massive changes
Giant
A person of exceptional importance and reputation
Massive
Consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter;
Earth is the most massive of the terrestrial planets
Giant
An unusually large enterprise;
Walton built a retail giant
Giant
A very large person; impressive in size or qualities
Giant
Someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
Giant
An imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fair tales
Giant
A very bright star of large diameter and low density (relative to the Sun)
Giant
Of great mass; huge and bulky;
A jumbo jet
Jumbo shrimp
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