Giant vs. Massive

Giantnoun

A mythical human of very great size.

Massiveadjective

Of or pertaining to a large mass; weighty, heavy, or bulky.

‘A massive comet or asteroid appears to have ended the era of the dinosaurs.’;

Giantnoun

(mythology) Specifically, any of the gigantes, the race of giants in the Greek mythology.

Massiveadjective

Much larger than normal.

‘Compared to its counterparts from World War II, the Abrams main battle tank is truly massive.’;

Giantnoun

A very tall person.

Massiveadjective

Of great significance or import; overwhelming.

‘The enlightenment comprises massive shifts in many areas of Western thought.’;

Giantnoun

A tall species of a particular animal or plant.

Massiveadjective

(mineralogy) Not exhibiting crystal form.

Giantnoun

(astronomy) A star that is considerably more luminous than a main sequence star of the same temperature (e.g. red giant, blue giant).

Massiveadjective

Of particularly exceptional quality or value; awesome.

‘Did you see Colbert last night? He was massive!’;

Giantnoun

(computing) An Ethernet packet that exceeds the medium's maximum packet size of 1,518 bytes.

Massiveadjective

outstanding, beautiful

‘Your dress is massive, love. Where did you get it?’;

Giantnoun

A very large organisation.

‘The retail giant is set to acquire two more struggling high-street chains.’;

Massiveadjective

(informal) To a very great extent; total, utter.

Giantnoun

A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.

Massiveadjective

(physics) (of a particle) Possessing mass.

‘Some bosons are massive while others are massless.’;

Giantnoun

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Massivenoun

(mineralogy) A homogeneous mass of rock, not layered and without an obvious crystal structure.

‘karst massives in western Georgia’;

Giantadjective

Very large.

Massivenoun

(slang) A group of people from a locality, or sharing a collective aim, interest, etc.

‘Big up to the Croydon massive!’;

Giantnoun

A man of extraordinari bulk and stature.

‘Giants of mighty bone and bold emprise.’;

Massiveadjective

Forming, or consisting of, a large mass; compacted; weighty; heavy; massy.

Giantnoun

A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.

Massiveadjective

In mass; not necessarily without a crystalline structure, but having no regular form; as, a mineral occurs massive.

Giantnoun

Any animal, plant, or thing, of extraordinary size or power.

Massiveadjective

imposing in size or bulk or solidity;

‘massive oak doors’; ‘Moore's massive sculptures’; ‘the monolithic proportions of Stalinist architecture’; ‘a monumental scale’;

Giantadjective

Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as, giant brothers; a giant son.

Massiveadjective

being the same substance throughout;

‘massive silver’;

Giantnoun

any creature of exceptional size

Massiveadjective

imposing in scale or scope or degree or power;

‘massive retaliatory power’; ‘a massive increase in oil prices’; ‘massive changes’;

Giantnoun

a person of exceptional importance and reputation

Massiveadjective

consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter;

‘Earth is the most massive of the terrestrial planets’;

Giantnoun

an unusually large enterprise;

‘Walton built a retail giant’;

Giantnoun

a very large person; impressive in size or qualities

Giantnoun

someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful

Giantnoun

an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fair tales

Giantnoun

a very bright star of large diameter and low density (relative to the Sun)

Giantadjective

of great mass; huge and bulky;

‘a jumbo jet’; ‘jumbo shrimp’;

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.