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Giant vs. Massive — What's the Difference?

Giant vs. Massive — What's the Difference?

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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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