Titanic vs. Whale — What's the Difference?

RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner operated by the White Star Line that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912, after striking an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. Of the estimated 2,224 passengers and crew aboard, more than 1,500 died, making the sinking at the time one of the deadliest of a single ship and the deadliest peacetime sinking of a superliner or cruise ship to date.

Whales are a widely distributed and diverse group of fully aquatic placental marine mammals. They are an informal grouping within the infraorder Cetacea, which usually excludes dolphins and porpoises.

Titanic Of or relating to the Titans.

Any of various marine mammals of the order Cetacea; a cetacean.

Having great stature or enormous strength; huge or colossal

Any of various larger members of this order, including the blue whale, humpback whale, and right whale, in contrast to the porpoises and dolphins.

Of enormous scope, power, or influence

(Informal) An impressive example

Relating to or containing titanium, especially with valence 4.

To engage in the hunting of whales.

Alternative case form of Titanic

To strike or hit repeatedly and forcefully; thrash.

(not comparable) Of or relating to the Titans, a race of giant gods in Greek mythology.

To strike or hit (a ball) with great force.

(by extension)

To strike or hit a person or thing repeatedly and forcefully

(inorganic chemistry) Of or relating to titanium, especially tetravalent titanium.

To swing at a ball with great effort, especially repeatedly.

(mineralogy) Of a mineral, especially iron ore: containing titanium, or from which titanium may be extracted.

To attack vehemently

Of or relating to Titans, or fabled giants of ancient mythology; hence, enormous in size or strength; as, Titanic structures.

Any one of numerous large marine mammals comprising an informal group within infraorder Cetacea that usually excludes dolphins and porpoises.

Of or pertaining to titanium; derived from, or containing, titanium; specifically, designating those compounds of titanium in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with the titanous compounds.

(by extension) Any species of Cetacea.

The name of a large ocean liner which hit an iceberg and sank on its maiden voyage from England to New York in 1912, with the loss of hundreds of lives. Also, the name of several movies made about the incident.

(figuratively) Something, or someone, that is very large.

Of great force or power

Something, or someone, that is excellent.

(gambling) In a casino, a person who routinely bets at the maximum limit allowable.

An investor who deals with very large amounts of money.

A person who spends large amounts of money on things that are marketed to them.

(intransitive) To hunt for whales.

To thrash, to flog, to beat vigorously or soundly.

Any aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one of the large species, some of which become nearly one hundred feet long. Whales are hunted chiefly for their oil and baleen, or whalebone.

A very large person; impressive in size or qualities

Any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head

Hunt for whales